Psalms 17

1 A prayer of David. Listen to my plea for justice, Yahweh; pay attention to my call for help! Give ear to my prayer from lips without deceit.

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

2 Let my vindication come from your presence; let your eyes see what is right!

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

3 If you test my heart, if you come to me in the night, you will purify me and will not find any evil plans; my mouth will 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 As for the deeds of mankind, it is at the word of your lips that I have kept myself from the ways of the lawless.

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

5 My steps have held firmly to your tracks; my feet have not slipped.

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

6 I call to you, for you answer me, God; turn your ear to me and listen when I speak.

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

7 Show your covenant faithfulness in a wonderful way, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their enemies!

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

8 Protect me like the apple of your eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings

Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings,

9 from the presence of the wicked ones who assault me, my enemies who surround me.

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

10 They have no mercy on anyone; their mouths speak with pride.

They have closed up their fat, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

11 They have surrounded my steps. They set their eyes to strike me to the ground.

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

12 They are like a lion eager for a victim, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

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

13 Arise, Yahweh! Attack them! Throw them down on their faces! Rescue my life from the wicked by your sword!

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

14 Rescue me from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of this world whose prosperity is in this life alone! You will fill the bellies of your treasured ones with riches; they will have many children and will leave their wealth to their children.

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 see your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied, when I awake, with a sight of you.

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