Psalms 17
1 A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.
“A psalm of David.” Hear the righteous cause, O LORD! Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer from lips without deceit!
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal.
May my sentence come forth from thy presence; May thine eyes behold uprightness!
3 Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I have purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.
Provest thou my heart, visitest thou me in the night, Triest thou me like gold, thou shalt find nothing!
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.
My thoughts do not vary from my lips. As to the deeds of men, Through the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Uphold my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.
Support my steps in thy paths, That my feet may not slip!
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thy ear to me, [and hear] my speech.
I call upon thee, O God! for thou wilt hear me; Incline thine ear to me, and listen to my prayer!
7 Show thy wonderful loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them who put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them].
Show forth thy loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand Them that seek refuge in thee from their adversaries!
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shade of thy wings.
Guard me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings
9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] encompass me,
From the wicked who assault me, From my deadly enemies who compass me about!
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
They shut up their hard heart; With their mouth they speak haughtily.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
They encompass us in all our steps; They fix their eyes upon us, that they may cast us on the ground.
12 Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
They are like a lion, eager for his prey; Like a young lion, lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O LORD disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [who is] thy sword:
Arise, O LORD! disappoint them, cast them down! Deliver me from the wicked by thy sword,
14 From men [who are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [who have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
From men, by thy hand, O LORD! from men of the world, Whose portion is in life; whom thou loadest with thy treasure; Whose children have enough, and leave their superfluity to their children.
15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
But I through righteousness shall see thy face; I shall be satisfied with the revival of thy countenance.
