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17 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 hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast 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.

A prayer of David. ^{[ a ]}

17 Lord , hear my prayer for justice.
I am calling loudly to you.
I am being honest in what I say,
so please listen to my prayer.
² You will make the right decision,
because you can see the truth.
³ You were with me all night
and looked deep into my heart.
You questioned me and found that
I did not say or do anything wrong.
⁴ Unlike most people, I have obeyed your commands,
so I have never been like those who are cruel and evil.
⁵ I have followed your way.
My feet never left your path.
⁶ Every time I call to you, God, you answer me.
So listen to me now, and hear what I say.
⁷ Show your amazing kindness
and rescue those who depend on you.
Use your great power
and protect them from their enemies.
⁸ Protect me like the pupil ^{[ b ]} of your eye.
Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
⁹ Save me from the wicked people who are trying to destroy me.
Protect me from those who come to hurt me.
¹⁰ They think only of themselves
and brag about what they will do.
¹¹ They have been following me,
and now they are all around me.
They watch me, waiting to throw me to the ground.
¹² Like hungry lions, they want to kill and eat.
Like young lions, they hide, ready to attack.

¹³ Lord , get up ^{[ c ]} and face the enemy.
Make them surrender.
Use your sword and save me from these wicked people.
¹⁴ Use your power, Lord ,
and remove them from this life.
But as for the people you treasure,
fill them with food.
Give them plenty for their children and their grandchildren.

¹⁵ I have done only what is right, so I will see your face.
And seeing you, ^{[ d ]} I will be fully satisfied.

Footnotes

Psalm 17:1 Psalm 17 A prayer of David Or “A prayer dedicated to David.”
Psalm 17:8 pupil The center of the eye, which everyone wants to protect.
Psalm 17:13 Lord , get up The people said this when they lifted the Box of the Agreement and took it into battle, showing that God was with them. See Num. 10:35-36.
Psalm 17:15 you Literally, “your likeness.”

Prayer for protection against oppressors.

A Prayer of David.

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.

Footnotes

Psalm 17:2 Or, Thine eyes behold with equity
Psalm 17:3 Or, findest no evil purpose in me; My mouth etc.
Psalm 17:7 Or, them that take refuge . . . rise up against thy right hand
Psalm 17:10 Or, They have shut up their heart
Psalm 17:13 Or, Forestall
Psalm 17:13 Or, the wicked, who is thy sword
Psalm 17:14 Or, men who are thy hand
Psalm 17:14 Or, whose portion in life is of the world
Psalm 17:15 Or, let me
Psalm 17:15 Or, let me

A Prayer by David.

17 Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea.
Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
² Let my sentence come out of your presence.
Let your eyes look on equity.
³ You have proved my heart.
You have visited me in the night.
You have tried me, and found nothing.
I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
⁴ As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips,
I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
⁵ My steps have held fast to your paths.
My feet have not slipped.
⁶ I have called on you, for you will answer me, God.
Turn your ear to me.
Hear my speech.
⁷ Show your marvelous loving kindness,
you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
⁸ Keep me as the apple of your eye.
Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
⁹ from the wicked who oppress me,
my deadly enemies, who surround me.
¹⁰ They close up their callous hearts.
With their mouth they speak proudly.
¹¹ They have now surrounded 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,
as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
¹³ Arise, Yahweh, confront him.
Cast him down.
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
¹⁴ from men by your hand, Yahweh,
from men of the world, whose portion is in this life.
You fill the belly of your cherished ones.
Your sons have plenty,
and they store up wealth for their children.
¹⁵ As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness.
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

17 A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.

² From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

³ Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

⁴ As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

⁵ To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

⁶ I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

⁷ Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.

⁸ Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.

⁹ From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

¹⁰ Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

¹¹ `Our steps now have compassed [him];' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

¹² His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.

¹³ Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

¹⁴ From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

¹⁵ I -- in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Thy form!

17 Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. [2 Kings 22.]

² I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:

³ The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support.

⁴ Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.

⁵ The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.

⁶ The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.

⁷ In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.

⁸ The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.

⁹ There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.

¹⁰ He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

¹¹ And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.

¹² And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.

¹³ At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.

¹⁴ And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.

¹⁵ And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.

¹⁶ Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.

¹⁷ He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.

¹⁸ He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

¹⁹ They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.

²⁰ And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.

²¹ And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:

²² Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.

²³ For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.

²⁴ And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.

²⁵ And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

²⁶ With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.

²⁷ And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.

²⁸ For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.

²⁹ For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.

³⁰ For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.

³¹ As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.

³² For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?

³³ God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.

³⁴ Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.

³⁵ Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.

³⁶ And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.

³⁷ Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.

³⁸ I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.

³⁹ I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.

⁴⁰ And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.

⁴¹ And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.

⁴² They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.

⁴³ And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.

⁴⁴ Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.

⁴⁵ A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.

⁴⁶ The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.

⁴⁷ The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted:

⁴⁸ O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.

⁴⁹ And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.

⁵⁰ Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.

⁵¹ Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever.

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