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.