Chiastic Structures
The Old Testament
Chiastic Parallels
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A

1 Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer,

B

that goeth not out of feigned lips.

C

2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Thou hast proved mine heart;

C'

thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing;

B'

I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

A'

6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.