Psalms 17
1 A PRAYER OF DAVID. Hear, O YHWH, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.
A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.
2 My judgment goes out from before You; Your eyes see uprightly.
Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity.
3 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.
Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.
4 As for doings of man, Through a word of Your lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent [man].
5 To uphold my goings in Your paths, My steps have not slipped.
When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.
6 I called You, for You answer me, O God, incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O God. Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech.
7 Separate Your kindness wonderfully, O Savior of the confiding, By Your right hand, from withstanders.
Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them].
8 Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings,
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9 From the face of the wicked who spoiled me, [From] my enemies in soul who go around against me.
From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10 They have closed up their fat, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 “Our steps have now surrounded [him]”; They set their eyes to turn aside in the land.
They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.
12 His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O YHWH, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Your sword,
Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword;
14 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.
From men [who are] thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in [this] life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their children.
15 I—in righteousness, I see Your face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Your form!
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
