1 A Prayer of David. Hear, O YHWH, a just cause; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer without lips of deceit. VP
2 From before Your face, let my judgment come forth; may Your eyes see uprightness. VP
3 You have tested my heart; You have inspected in the night. You have refined me without Your finding, [for] I have purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress. VP
4 As for the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have kept myself [from] the ways of a violent one. VP
5 To uphold my steps on Your paths, my footsteps are not shaken. VP
6 I call on You, for You will answer me, O God! Incline Your ear to me; hear my word. VP
7 Set apart Your loving devotion, You who save those taking refuge from the assailants—with Your right hand. VP
8 May you guard me as the pupil, the daughter of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings, VP
9 from wicked ones who would ruin me, my enemies in soul go around against me. VP
10 Their fat they have closed up; their mouths they speak with pride. VP
11 In our steps now they have surrounded us; they have set their eyes to cast [us] to the ground. VP
12 His likeness [is] as a lion longing to tear, and like a young lion lurking in hidden places. VP
13 Arise, O YHWH! Go before his face; cast him down, [and] rescue my soul from the wicked by your sword, VP
14 from men by Your hand, O YHWH, from men of the world—their portion [is] in this life. And Your treasured ones, You fill their belly; they are satisfied [with] sons, and they leave their remainder to their children. VP
15 I, in righteousness, will see Your face; in [my] waking, I will be satisfied [with] Your form. VP