Psalms 17

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

Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.

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

Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal.

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.

You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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 your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

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

Hold up my goings in your paths, that 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 on you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear to me, and hear my speech.

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

Show your marvelous loving kindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put their trust in you 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 your 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 oppress me, from 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 compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

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

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were 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, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your 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 which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

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

As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.