1: (A Prayer of David.) Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips. 2: Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity. 3: Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word. 4: Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent [man]. 5: When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not. 6: I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O God. Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech. 7: Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them]. 8: Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9: From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10: They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly. 11: They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth. 12: He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places. 13: Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword; 14: From men [who are] thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in [this] life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their children. 15: As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
