Psalms 17
1 Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend to my cry. Give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.
A PRAYER OF DAVID. Hear, O YHWH, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.
2 Let my justice come forth from thy presence. Let thine eyes look upon equity.
My judgment goes out from before You; Your eyes see uprightly.
3 Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
You have proved my heart, You have inspected by night, You have tried me, You find nothing; My thoughts do not pass over my mouth.
4 As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the ways of a violent man.
As for doings of man, Through a word of Your lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;
5 My steps have held fast to thy paths. My feet have not slipped.
To uphold my goings in Your paths, My steps have not slipped.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou will answer me, O God. Incline thine ear to me, and hear my speech.
I called You, for You answer me, O God, incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
7 Show thy marvelous loving kindness, O thou who saves by thy right hand those who take refuge from those who rise up.
Separate Your kindness wonderfully, O Savior of the confiding, By Your right hand, from withstanders.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings,
9 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who encompass me around.
From the face of the wicked who spoiled me, [From] my enemies in soul who go around against me.
10 They are enclosed in their own fat. With their mouth they speak proudly.
They have closed up their fat, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
11 They have now encompassed us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast down to the earth.
“Our steps have now surrounded [him]”; They set their eyes to turn aside in the land.
12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
13 Arise, O Jehovah, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword,
Arise, O YHWH, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Your sword,
14 from men by thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
From men, Your hand, O YHWH, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Your hidden things You fill their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons, And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy form.
I—in righteousness, I see Your face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Your form!
