1 Hear a just cause, O Lord,attend to my cry;give ear to my prayerthat 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 lipsI have avoidedthe 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, OGod;incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech.
7 Show marvelously Your lovingkindness,O Deliverer of those who seek refugeby 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.