Psalms 17
1 A Prayer by David. Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
Oratio David. [Exaudi, Domine, justitiam meam; intende deprecationem meam. Auribus percipe orationem meam, non in labiis dolosis.
2 Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.
De vultu tuo judicium meum prodeat; oculi tui videant æquitates.
3 You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
Probasti cor meum, et visitasti nocte; igne me examinasti, et non est inventa in me iniquitas.
4 As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
Ut non loquatur os meum opera hominum: propter verba labiorum tuorum, ego custodivi vias duras.
5 My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
Perfice gressus meos in semitis tuis, ut non moveantur vestigia mea.
6 I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
Ego clamavi, quoniam exaudisti me, Deus; inclina aurem tuam mihi, et exaudi verba mea.
7 Show your marvellous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
Mirifica misericordias tuas, qui salvos facis sperantes in te.
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
A resistentibus dexteræ tuæ custodi me ut pupillam oculi. Sub umbra alarum tuarum protege me
9 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
a facie impiorum qui me afflixerunt. Inimici mei animam meam circumdederunt;
10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
adipem suum concluserunt: os eorum locutum est superbiam.
11 They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
Projicientes me nunc circumdederunt me; oculos suos statuerunt declinare in terram.
12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Susceperunt me sicut leo paratus ad prædam, et sicut catulus leonis habitans in abditis.
13 Arise, LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
Exsurge, Domine: præveni eum, et supplanta eum: eripe animam meam ab impio; frameam tuam
14 from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
ab inimicis manus tuæ. Domine, a paucis de terra divide eos in vita eorum; de absconditis tuis adimpletus est venter eorum. Saturati sunt filiis, et dimiserunt reliquias suas parvulis suis.
15 As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
Ego autem in justitia apparebo conspectui tuo; satiabor cum apparuerit gloria tua.]
