"The "Little" One"

Psalm 17

A Prayer of David.

1 Hear the right (my righteous cause), O Lord; listen to my shrill, piercing cry! Give ear to my prayer, that comes from unfeigned and guileless lips.

2 Let my sentence of vindication come from You! May Your eyes behold the things that are just and upright.

3 You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and find nothing [no evil purpose in me]; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent (the paths of the destroyer).

5 My steps have held closely to Your paths [to the tracks of the One Who has gone on before]; my feet have not slipped.

6 I have called upon You, O God, for You will hear me; incline Your ear to me and hear my speech....