17 Hear the right, O Jehovah, 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;
^[a]Let thine eyes look upon equity.
³ Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
Thou hast tried me, and ^[b]findest nothing;
I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
⁴ As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips
I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
⁵ My steps have held fast to thy paths,
My feet have not slipped.
⁶ I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God:
Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
⁷ Show thy marvellous lovingkindness,
O thou that savest ^[c]by thy right hand them that take refuge in thee
From 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,
My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
^10 [d]They are inclosed in their own fat:
With their mouth they speak proudly.
¹¹ They have now compassed us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
¹² He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,
And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
¹³ Arise, O Jehovah,
^[e]Confront him, cast him down:
Deliver my soul from ^[f]the wicked by thy sword;
¹⁴ From ^[g]men by thy hand, O Jehovah,
From men ^[h]of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure:
They are satisfied with children,
And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
¹⁵ As for me, ^[i]I shall behold thy face in righteousness;
^[j]I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.