1 A Prayer * h8605 of David * h1732. Hear * h8085 h8798 the right * h6664, O LORD * h3068, attend * h7181 h8685 unto my cry * h7440, give ear * h238 h8685 unto my prayer * h8605, that goeth not * h3808 out of feigned * h4820 lips * h8193. the right: Heb. justice not...: Heb. without lips of deceit
2 Let my sentence * h4941 come forth * h3318 h8799 from thy presence * h6440; let thine eyes * h5869 behold * h2372 h8799 the things that are equal * h4339.
3 Thou hast proved * h974 h8804 mine heart * h3820; thou hast visited * h6485 h8804 me in the night * h3915; thou hast tried * h6884 h8804 me, and shalt find * h4672 h8799 nothing; I am purposed * h2161 h8800 that my mouth * h6310 shall not transgress * h5674 h8799.
4 Concerning the works * h6468 of men * h120, by the word * h1697 of thy lips * h8193 I have kept * h8104 h8804 me from the paths * h734 of the destroyer * h6530.
5 Hold up * h8551 h8800 my goings * h838 in thy paths * h4570, that my footsteps * h6471 slip * h4131 h8738 not. slip...: Heb. be not moved
6 I have called * h7121 h8804 upon thee, for thou wilt hear * h6030 h8799 me, O God * h410: incline * h5186 h8685 thine ear * h241 unto me, and hear * h8085 h8798 my speech * h565.
7 Shew thy marvellous * h6395 h8685 lovingkindness * h2617, O thou that savest * h3467 h8688 by thy right hand * h3225 them which put their trust * h2620 h8802 in thee from those that rise up * h6965 h8693 against them . by thy...: or, them which trust in thee from those that rise up against thy right hand
8 Keep * h8104 h8798 me as the apple * h380 of the eye * h1323 * h5869, hide * h5641 h8686 me under the shadow * h6738 of thy wings * h3671,
9 From * h6440 the wicked * h7563 that * h2098 oppress * h7703 h8804 me, from my deadly * h5315 enemies * h341 h8802, who compass me about * h5362 h8686. oppress: Heb. waste my...: Heb. my enemies against the soul
10 They are inclosed * h5462 h8804 in their own fat * h2459: with their mouth * h6310 they speak * h1696 h8765 proudly * h1348.
11 They have now compassed * h5437 h8804 us in our steps * h838: they have set * h7896 h8799 their eyes * h5869 bowing down * h5186 h8800 to the earth * h776;
12 Like * h1825 as a lion * h738 that is greedy * h3700 h8799 of his prey * h2963 h8800, and as it were a young lion * h3715 lurking * h3427 h8802 in secret places * h4565. Like...: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin lurking: Heb. sitting
13 Arise * h6965 h8798, O LORD * h3068, disappoint * h6923 h8761 him * h6440, cast him down * h3766 h8685: deliver * h6403 h8761 my soul * h5315 from the wicked * h7563, which is thy sword * h2719: disappoint...: Heb. prevent his face which is: or, by
14 From men * h4962 which are thy hand * h3027, O LORD * h3068, from men * h4962 of the world * h2465, which have their portion * h2506 in this life * h2416, and whose belly * h990 thou fillest * h4390 h8762 with thy hid * h6840 treasure : they are full * h7646 h8799 of children * h1121, and leave * h3240 h8689 the rest * h3499 of their substance to their babes * h5768. which are: or, by they...: or, their children are full
15 As for me, I will behold * h2372 h8799 thy face * h6440 in righteousness * h6664: I shall be satisfied * h7646 h8799, when I awake * h6974 h8687, with thy likeness * h8544.