Psalms 17
1 A prayer of David. Lord, please hear my cry for justice! Please pay attention to my call for help! Listen to the prayer of an honest man!
oratio David exaudi Domine iustitiam meam intende deprecationem meam auribus percipe orationem meam non in labiis dolosis
2 Vindicate me before you—for you see what is right.
de vultu tuo iudicium meum prodeat oculi tui videant aequitates
3 You have observed my thoughts, you have visited me at night, you have examined me—and you have found nothing wrong. I promised myself I wouldn't say anything I shouldn't.
probasti cor meum visitasti nocte igne me examinasti et non est inventa in me iniquitas
4 With regard to the actions of others: I have done what you told me and I have avoided what violent people do.
ut non loquatur os meum opera hominum propter verba labiorum tuorum ego custodivi vias duras
5 I have not strayed from your path; my feet have not slipped from it.
perfice gressus meos in semitis tuis ut non moveantur vestigia mea
6 God, I call out to you because I know you will answer; please listen carefully to what I have to say.
ego clamavi quoniam exaudisti me Deus inclina aurem tuam mihi et exaudi verba mea
7 Show me how wonderful your trustworthy love really is, Savior of those who come to you for protection against their enemies!
mirifica misericordias tuas qui salvos facis sperantes in te
8 Keep me safe as someone you love; hide me underneath your wings.
a resistentibus dexterae tuae custodi me ut pupillam oculi sub umbra alarum tuarum proteges me
9 Protect me from the attacks of the wicked who want to destroy me, from my enemies who surround me, intent on killing me.
a facie impiorum qui me adflixerunt inimici mei animam meam circumdederunt super me;
10 They have no compassion, and all they have to say is pure arrogance.
adipem suum concluserunt os eorum locutum est superbia
11 They hunt me down and surround me, looking for the chance to knock me down in the dust.
proicientes me nunc circumdederunt me oculos suos statuerunt declinare in terram
12 They are like lions, longing to tear their prey apart; like fierce lions crouching in ambush.
susceperunt me sicut leo paratus ad praedam et sicut catulus leonis habitans in abditis
13 Lord, stand up and confront them! Force them to back down! By your sword rescue me from the wicked!
exsurge Domine praeveni eum et subplanta eum eripe animam meam ab impio frameam tuam
14 Lord, by your power, save me from people whose only thought is for this world. May they be filled with what you have in store for them, their children too, with left-overs for their grandchildren!
ab inimicis manus tuae Domine a paucis de terra divide eos in vita eorum de absconditis tuis adimpletus est venter eorum saturati sunt filiis et dimiserunt reliquias suas parvulis suis
15 As for me, I shall see your face in all its goodness. When I awake, I will be so pleased to see you face to face.
ego autem in iustitia apparebo conspectui tuo satiabor cum apparuerit gloria tua
