1 H ear the right (my righteous cause), O Lord; listen to my shrill, piercing cry! Give ear to my prayer, that comes from unfeigned and guileless lips.

Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

2 L et my sentence of vindication come from You! May Your eyes behold the things that are just and upright.

Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity.

3 Y ou have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

4 C oncerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent (the paths of the destroyer).

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent.

5 M y steps have held closely to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.

When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

6 I have called upon You, O God, for You will hear me; incline Your ear to me and hear my speech.

I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O God. Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech.

7 S how Your marvelous loving-kindness, O You Who save by Your right hand those who trust and take refuge in You from those who rise up against them.

Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust from those that rise up.

8 K eep and guard me as the pupil of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

9 F rom the wicked who despoil and oppress me, my deadly adversaries who surround me.

From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

10 T hey are enclosed in their own prosperity and have shut up their hearts to pity; with their mouths they make exorbitant claims and proudly and arrogantly speak.

They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

11 T hey track us down in each step we take; now they surround us; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground,

They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.

12 L ike a lion greedy and eager to tear his prey, and as a young lion lurking in hidden places.

He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

13 A rise, O Lord! Confront and forestall them, cast them down! Deliver my life from the wicked by Your sword,

Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword;

14 F rom men by Your hand, O Lord, from men of this world whose portion in life is idle and vain. Their bellies are filled with Your hidden treasure; their children are satiated, and they leave the rest wealth to their babes.

From men thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their to their children.

15 A s for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake beholding Your form.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.