Psalms 17
1 A prayer of David. Listen, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not [uttered] with deceitful lips.
A Prayer of David. Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive:
2 Let my judgment come forth from your presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness.
From before thee, let my sentence come forth, Thine eyes, behold with equity.
3 You has proved mine heart; you have visited [me] by night; you have tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: [I am purposed] that my mouth shall not speak [amiss].
Thou hast tested my heart, hast made inspection by night, hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing, Had I devised evil, my mouth should not have transgressed:
4 As for the works of men, by the words of your lips I have guarded [myself from] hard ways.
As for the workings of men, By the word of thy lips, have, I, taken heed of the paths of the violent one.
5 Direct my steps in your paths, that my steps slip not.
Thou hast held fast my goings on to thy ways, My footsteps have not been shaken:
6 I have cried, for you heard me, O God: incline your ear to me, and listen to my words.
I, have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O GOD, —Incline thine ear unto me, Hear thou my speech:
7 Show the marvels of your mercies, you that save them that hope in you.
Let thy lovingkindness be distinguished, thou Saviour of such as seek refuge from them who lift themselves up against thy right hand.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye from those that resist your right hand: you shall screen me by the covering of your wings,
Guard me, as the pupil of the eye, —Under the shadow of thy wings, wilt thou hide me:
9 from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.
From the face of lawless ones who have treated me with violence, the foes of my soul, who come round against me:
10 They have enclosed [themselves with] their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride.
Their own fat [heart], have they shut up, —With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.
11 They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes [so as] to bow them down to the ground.
As for our own goings, now, have they surrounded us, —Their eyes, they fix, bending to the earth:
12 They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion's whelp dwelling in secret [places].
His likeness, is as a lion, that longeth to rend, and as a young lion, lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: [draw] your sword,
Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one [who is] thy sword:
14 because of the enemies of your hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with your hidden [treasures]: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant [of their possessions] to their babes.
From men [who are] thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom, —They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children: —
15 But I shall appear in righteousness before your face: I shall be satisfied when your glory appears.
I, in righteousness, shall behold thy face, Shall be satisfied when awakened by a vision of thee.
