A moment in scripture
Psalms 17:3
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Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 17:1
Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
- Psalms 17:2
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
- Psalms 17:4
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
- Psalms 17:5
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.