1 HERE, hoor 'n regverdige saak, let op my smeking; luister tog na my gebed met onbedrieglike lippe.
2 Laat my reg van u aangesig uitgaan; laat u oë regverdig sien.
3 U het my hart getoets, dit in die nag ondersoek, U het my gekeur, U vind niks nie; wat ek ook dink, my mond oortree nie.
4 Aangaande die handelinge van die mens, ,k het deur die woord van u lippe die paaie van die geweldenaar vermy.
5 My gange het vasgehou aan u spore, my voetstappe het nie gewankel nie.
6 Ek roep U aan, want U verhoor my, o God! Neig u oor tot my, luister na my woord!
7 Maak u gunsbewyse wonderbaar, o verlosser van die wat by u regterhand skuil vir teëstanders!
8 Bewaar my soos 'n oogappel; verberg my in die skaduwee van u vleuels
9 teen die goddelose wat my geweld aandoen, my doodsvyande wat my omring.
10 Hulle het hul gevoel afgesluit; met hul mond spreek hulle hoogmoedig.
11 Nou het hulle ons in ons gang omsingel; hulle rig hul oë daarop om ons op die grond uit te strek.
12 Hy is soos 'n leeu wat begerig is om te verskeur, en soos 'n jong leeu wat in skuilplekke klaar lê.
13 Staan op, HERE, gaan hom tegemoet, werp hom neer; red my van die goddelose met u swaard;
14 met u hand van die manne, o HERE, van die manne wie se deel in die lewe uit die wêreld is en wie se buik U vul met u verborge skat; wie se seuns daarvan nog sat is, wat weer hul oorskot aan hulle kinders laat agterbly.
15 Maar ek sal u aangesig in geregtigheid aanskou; ek sal versadig word met u beeld as ek wakker word.
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.