Psa 17 | ABEn | STEP | A prayer to David. Hear, O lord , my righteousness! Take heed to my supplication! Give ear to my prayer not uttered by [ 2 lips 1 deceitful]!

Psalms 17

PSALM 17

The LORD Listens to Our Just Cause

A prayer to David.

1 Hear, O lord, my righteousness! Take heed to my supplication! Give ear to my prayer not uttered by [²lips ¹deceitful]! 2 [⁴from ⁵your presence ²my judgment ¹May ³come forth]; [²my eyes ¹let] behold uprightness! 3 You tried my heart; you visited at night; you set me on fire, and [²was not found ³in ⁴me ¹injustice], so that [²should not ³speak ¹my mouth]. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the words of your lips I guarded [²ways ¹hard]. 5 Fashion my footsteps in your roads! that [²should not ³be shaken ¹my footsteps]. 6 I cried, for you heeded me, O God; lean your ear to me, and hear my words! 7 Show the wonder of your mercies! O one delivering the ones hoping upon you, from the ones opposing at your right. 8 Guard me, O lord, as the pupil of the eye! Under the protection of your wings shelter me! 9 even from the face of the impious ones causing misery for me. My enemies [²my soul ¹compass]. 10 [²in their own fat ¹They are enclosed]; their mouth speaks pride. 11 They are casting me out now; they surrounded me; their eyes set to turn me to the ground. 12 [⁶they undertook ⁷me ¹As ²a lion ³prepared ⁴for ⁵a hunt], and as a cub living in concealment. 13 Rise up, O lord! Be there beforehand with them, and trip them! Rescue my soul from the impious by your broadsword! 14 From the enemies by your hand, O lord; from the few of the earth; divide them in their life. And of your things being hidden [²was filled ¹their belly]; they were filled of sons, and [³they leave ¹the ²remnants] to their infants. 15 But I [⁴in ⁵righteousness ¹shall appear ²in front ³of you]. I shall be filled in [³appearing ⁴to me ¹your glory].