Psalms 17

1 Hear the right, O Yhwh, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth 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 sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

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

3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am 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 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

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

5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

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

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

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

7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

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 that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

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

10 They are inclosed 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 compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

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

12 Like as 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 Yhwh, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

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

14 From men which are thy hand, O Yhwh, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, 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 will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

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