Psalms 17
1HEARKEN, O Lord, to my justification; attend to my supplication: give ear to my prayer which is not made with feigned lips.
2Let my sentence come forth from Thy presence: Let mine eyes behold righteous decisions.
3Thou hast proved my heart: Thou hast watched me by night: Thou hast tried me: and in me there was found no injustice.
4That my mouth might not speak the works of these men; I, because of the words of Thy lips, kept rugged ways.
5Establish my footsteps in Thy paths; that my footsteps may not be moved.
6I have cried, because Thou, O God, didst hear me: incline Thine ear to me and hear my words.
7Display marvellously Thy mercies, O Thou, who, with Thy right hand, savest from adversaries them who trust in Thee.
8Keep me as the apple of an eye: with the cover of Thy wings Thou wilt shelter me
9from the face of the wicked who afflict me.
10These enemies of mine beset my soul: they shut up their fat; their mouth spoke proudly.
11Having driven me out they now enclosed me. They set their eyes inclining to the ground.
12They observed me, like a lion eager for prey, and like a young lion lurking in coverts.
13Arise, O Lord, prevent them and cause them to stumble. Deliver my soul from the wicked:
14wrest Thy sword from Thine enemies’ hand. Dismiss them, O Lord, from the land: disperse them in their lifetime. Though their belly was filled with Thy stores, they glutted themselves with swine’s flesh, and left the remains for their children.
15But as for me, let me appear righteous before Thee; let me be satisfied with a display of Thy glory.