David pleads with the Lord to hear his voice,
and to preserve him from men of the world —
The righteous shall see the Lord's face and awake with his righteousness.
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 has proved mine heart;
thou hast visited me in the night;
thou has 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 lips
I 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
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness,
O thou that savest by thy right hand
them which put their trust 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,
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.
