[1] Hear a just cause, O LORD, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer that is not spoken from deceitful lips. [2] May my sentence go out from Your presence; may Your eyes see rightly. [3] You have examined my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. [4] Concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have avoided the paths of the violent, [5] placing my steps in Your paths, that my footsteps do not slip. [6] I called on You, for You will answer me, O God; incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech. [7] Show marvelously Your lovingkindness, O Deliverer of those who seek refuge by Your right hand from those who arise in opposition. [8] Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings, [9] from the wicked who bring ruin to me, from my deadly enemies who surround me. [10] They close their hard hearts; with their mouth they speak proudly. [11] They have now encircled us in our steps; they have set their eyes to bend down to the earth; [12] it is like a lion that is anxious to rip its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secrecy. [13] Arise, O LORD! Confront him, cast him down! Deliver my soul from the wicked by Your sword, [14] from men by Your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their belly with Your treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants. [15] As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied when I awake with Your likeness.
