1 A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.2 From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.3 Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.4 As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;5 To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.6 I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.7 Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.8 Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.9 From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.10 Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:11 `Our steps now have compassed [him];` Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.12 His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.13 Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,14 From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.15 I -- in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Thy form!

1 Hear the right, O LORD, 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 mine 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 Shew thy marvelous lovingkindness, O thou that savest them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them, by thy right hand.

8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

9 From the wicked that spoil me, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.

10 They are enclosed 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 LORD, confront him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

14 From men, by thy hand, O LORD, 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 thy likeness.