Psalms 17

¹A prayer of David. O Yahweh, hear a just cause. Hear my cry; heed my prayer I make without deceitful lips. ²Let my vindication come forth from you; let your eyes see fairness. ³You have tried my heart; you have examined me by night; you have tested me; you found nothing. I have decided that my mouth will not transgress. ⁴As for the works of humankind, by the word of your lips, I have kept from the ways of the violent. ⁵I have held my steps in your path My feet will not slip. ⁶As for me, I have called on you because you will answer me, O God. Incline your ear to me. Hear my words. ⁷Show wondrously your acts of loyal love, O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against them. ⁸Keep me as ⌞the apple of your eye⌟. Hide me in the shadow of your wings ⁹from the ⌞presence⌟ of the wicked who destroy me, those enemies against my life, they that surround me. ¹⁰They have shut off their calloused heart; with their mouth they speak arrogantly. ¹¹Now they surround us at our every step. They ⌞intend⌟ ⌞to pin⌟ me to the ground. ¹²⌞He is like⌟ a lion; he longs to tear apart, and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places. ¹³Rise up, O Yahweh, confront ⌞him⌟. Make him bow down. Rescue with your sword my life from the wicked, ¹⁴from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of this world. Their share is in ⌞this life⌟, and you fill their stomach with your treasure. They are satisfied with children. They bequeath their excess to their children. ¹⁵By contrast, I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied seeing your form.