Salmos 16

1 A Prayer of David.

Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness,

Attend to my petition;

Give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips.

2 Let my judgment come forth from thy presence;

Let mine eyes behold righteousness.

3 Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me by night;

Thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me:

I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss.

4 As for the works of men, by the words of thy lips I have guarded myself from hard ways.

5 Direct my steps in thy paths,

That my steps slip not.

6 I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God:

Incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.

7 Show the marvels of thy mercies,

Thou that savest them that hope in thee.

8 Keep me as the apple of the eye

From those that resist thy right hand:

Thou shalt screen me by the covering of thy wings,

9 From the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me:

Mine enemies have compassed about my soul.

10 They have enclosed themselves with their own fat:

Their mouth has spoken pride.

11 They have now cast me out and compassed me round about:

They have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.

12 They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey,

And like a lion’s whelp dwelling in secret places.

13 Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down:

Deliver my soul from the ungodly:

Draw thy sword, 14 because of the enemies of thy hand:

O Lord, destroy them from the earth;

Scatter them in their life,

Though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures:

They have been satisfied with uncleanness,

And have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

15 But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face:

I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.