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 prayer of David. Listen, O Lord, to my innocence; attend to my piercing cry. Give heed to my prayer out of lips unfeigned.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal.
Let my vindication come from you, your eyes see the truth.
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.
When you test my heart when you visit at night, and assay me like silver – you can find no evil. I am determined that my mouth should not lie.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.
I gave earnest heed to the words of your lips.
5 Uphold my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.
My steps have held fast to the paths of your precepts and in your tracks have my feet never stumbled.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thy ear to me, [and hear] my speech.
So I call you, O God, with assurance of answer; bend down your ear to me, hear what I say.
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 your marvellous love, you who save from enemies those who take refuge at your right hand.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shade of thy wings.
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me in the shelter of your wings.
9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] encompass me,
From wicked people who do me violence, from deadly foes who crowd around me.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
They have closed their hearts to pity, the words of their mouths are haughty.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Now they dog us at every step, keenly watching, to hurl us to the ground,
12 Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
like a lion, longing to tear, like a young lion, lurking in secret.
13 Arise, O LORD disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [who is] thy sword:
Arise, Lord, face them and fell them. By your sword set me free from the wicked,
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.
by your hand, O Lord, from those – whose portion of life is but of this world. But let your treasured ones have food in plenty may their children be full and their children satisfied.
15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
In my innocence I will see your face, awake I am filled with a vision of you.
