< Psalms 17 >
1 A PRAYER OF DAVID. Hear, O YHWH, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.
Yahweh, listen to me while I plead with you to act justly toward me. Hear me while I call out to you to help me. Pay attention to what I say while I pray because I am speaking [MTY] honestly/truthfully.
2 My judgment goes out from before You; Your eyes see uprightly.
You are the one who is able to declare that I (am innocent/have not done anything that was wrong) because you see/know that I am telling the truth.
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 know what I think, [even] at night; you have examined what I say and do, and you know that I have determined to never tell any lies.
4 As for doings of man, Through a word of Your lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;
I have not done like others do; I have always done what is right [IDM], and I have not acted cruelly toward others.
5 To uphold my goings in Your paths, My steps have not slipped.
I have always done what you told me to do [IDM], I have (never failed to do/always done) [LIT] those things.
6 I called You, for You answer me, O God, incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
O God, I pray to you because you answer me; please listen [MTY] to what I am saying.
7 Separate Your kindness wonderfully, O Savior of the confiding, By Your right hand, from withstanders.
Show me that you faithfully love me. By your great power [MTY] rescue those who (run to/trust in) you to protect them from their enemies.
8 Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings,
Protect me as people carefully protect their own eyes; protect me like [birds] protect [their babies] under their wings [MET].
9 From the face of the wicked who spoiled me, [From] my enemies in soul who go around against me.
Do not allow wicked people to attack me; my enemies surround me, wanting to kill me.
10 They have closed up their fat, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
They never pity [IDM] anyone, and they are always boasting.
11 “Our steps have now surrounded [him]”; They set their eyes to turn aside in the land.
They have hunted/searched for me and found me. They surround me, watching for an opportunity to throw me to the ground.
12 His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
They are like lions [SIM] that are ready to tear apart the animals that they capture; they are like young lions that are hiding, waiting to pounce [on their prey].
13 Arise, O YHWH, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Your sword,
Yahweh, come and (oppose/fight against) my enemies and defeat them! Use your sword to save me from those wicked people!
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.
Yahweh, by your power [MTY] rescue me from those people who are interested [only] in things here in this world. But you provide plenty of food for those whom you love dearly; their children also have many things that their grandchildren will inherit.
15 I—in righteousness, I see Your face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Your form!
Yahweh, because I act righteously, I will [some day] see you [SYN]. When I awake, I will see you face-to-face, and then I will be happy.