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 behold the things that are equal.
3 Thou hast proved mine heart;thou hast visited me in the night;thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing:I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lipsI have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7 Show thy marvelous loving-kindness,O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in theefrom those that rise up against them.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye;hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9 from the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat:with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps:they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 like as a lion that is greedy of his prey,and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down:deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
14 from men which are thy hand, O Lord,from men of the world, which have their portion in this life,and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure:they are full of children,and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.