A prayer of David.{HR}Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness; attend unto my cry;{HR}Give ear unto my prayer [which is] not from lips of deceit.
My judgment goeth forth from thy presence;{HR}Thine eyes behold that which is right.
Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited [me] by night;{HR}Thou hast refined me; thou shalt find nothing;{HR}I have purposed, my mouth shall not transgress.
As to the works of man,{HR}By the words of thy lips I have watched the paths of the violent,
To hold fast my feet in thy paths;{HR}My footsteps were not moved.
I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O God;{HR}Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech.
Distinguish thy mercies,{HR}[O thou] who by thy right hand savest those who trust{HR}From those rising up against them.
Keep me as the apple of the eye;{HR}Under the shadow of thy wings thou wilt hide me,
From the face of the wicked who have oppressed me:{HR}Mine enemies in soul will surround me.
Their fat they have closed;{HR}[With] their mouth they have spoken in pride.
[In] our steps they have now surrounded us;{HR}Their eyes they set to stretch out over the earth.
His likeness [is] as a lion;{HR}He longeth to tear in pieces,{HR}And as a young lion sitting in secret places.
Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, cause him to bow down;{HR}Deliver my soul from the wicked [man], thy sword:
From men, thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world:{HR}Their portion is in this life and [with] thy treasure thou fillest their belly;{HR}They are satisfied with sons, and they leave their abundance to their children.
As for me, in righteousness I shall behold thy face;{HR}I shall be satisfied in awaking [with] thy likeness.