| Chapter 17 |
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 łGod. 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. |