Psalms 17

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.	1 A prayer of David. Hear, LORD, my plea for justice; pay heed to my cry; Listen to my prayer spoken without guile.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.	2 From you let my vindication come; your eyes see what is right.
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.	3 You have tested my heart, searched it in the night. You have tried me by fire, but find no malice in me. My mouth has not transgressed
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.	4 as humans often do. As your lips have instructed me, I have kept the way of the law.
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.	5 My steps have kept to your paths; my feet have not faltered.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.	6 I call upon you; answer me, O God. Turn your ear to me; hear my prayer.
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.	7 Show your wonderful love, you who deliver with your right arm those who seek refuge from their foes.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,	8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings
9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.	9 from the violence of the wicked.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.	10 My ravenous enemies press upon me; they close their hearts, they fill their mouths with proud roaring.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;	11 Their steps even now encircle me; they watch closely, keeping low to the ground,
12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.	12 Like lions eager for prey, like young lions lurking in ambush.
13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:	13 Rise, O LORD, confront and cast them down; rescue me so from the wicked.
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.	14 Slay them with your sword; with your hand, LORD, slay them; snatch them from the world in their prime. Their bellies are being filled with your friends; their children are satisfied too, for they share what is left with their young.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.	15 I am just--let me see your face; when I awake, let me be filled with your presence.