Psalms 17

1 A Prayer of David. Lord, listen to my justice, attend to my supplication. Pay attention to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.

A PRAYER OF DAVID. Hear, O YHWH, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.

2 Let my judgment proceed from your presence. Let your eyes behold fairness.

My judgment goes out from before You; Your eyes see uprightly.

3 You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.

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 Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips.

As for doings of man, Through a word of Your lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

5 Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.

To uphold my goings in Your paths, My steps have not slipped.

6 I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words.

I called You, for You answer me, O God, incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

7 Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you.

Separate Your kindness wonderfully, O Savior of the confiding, By Your right hand, from withstanders.

8 From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,

Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings,

9 from the face of the impious who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul.

From the face of the wicked who spoiled me, [From] my enemies in soul who go around against me.

10 They have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantly.

They have closed up their fat, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

11 They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.

“Our steps have now surrounded [him]”; They set their eyes to turn aside in the land.

12 They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hiding.

His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.

13 Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your hand.

Arise, O YHWH, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Your sword,

14 Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life. Their gut has been filled from your hidden stores. They have been filled with sons, and they have bequeathed to their little ones the remainder.

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 But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears.

I—in righteousness, I see Your face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Your form!