Psalms, Chapter 17

1. Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.    2. Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes look upon equity.    3. Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.    4. As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.    5. My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.    6. I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.    7. Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge [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 oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.    10. They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.    11. They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.    12. He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.    13. Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;    14. From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.    15. As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form.