Psalms 17

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NOVA VULGATA
1 A prayer of David. Hear, LORD, my plea for justice; pay heed to my cry; Listen to my prayer spoken without guile.	1 Precatio. David. Exaudi, Domine, iustitiam meam, intende deprecationem meam. Auribus percipe orationem meam, non in labiis dolosis.
2 From you let my vindication come; your eyes see what is right.	2 De vultu tuo iudicium meum prodeat; oculi tui videant aequitates.
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	3 Proba cor meum et visita nocte; igne me examina, et non invenies in me iniquitatem.
4 as humans often do. As your lips have instructed me, I have kept the way of the law.	4 Non transgreditur os meum ad opera hominum, propter verba labiorum tuorum custodivi me a viis violenti.
5 My steps have kept to your paths; my feet have not faltered.	5 Retine gressus meos in semitis tuis, ut non moveantur vestigia mea.
6 I call upon you; answer me, O God. Turn your ear to me; hear my prayer.	6 Ego ad te clamavi, quoniam exaudis me, Deus; inclina aurem tuam mihi et exaudi verba mea.
7 Show your wonderful love, you who deliver with your right arm those who seek refuge from their foes.	7 Mirifica misericordias tuas, qui salvos facis ab insurgentibus sperantes in dextera tua.
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings	8 Custodi me ut pupillam oculi, sub umbra alarum tuarum protege me
9 from the violence of the wicked.	9 a facie impiorum, qui me afflixerunt. Inimici mei in furore circumdederunt me,
10 My ravenous enemies press upon me; they close their hearts, they fill their mouths with proud roaring.	10 adipem suum concluserunt; os eorum locutum est superbiam.
11 Their steps even now encircle me; they watch closely, keeping low to the ground,	11 Incedentes nunc circumdederunt me, oculos suos statuerunt prosternere in terram.
12 Like lions eager for prey, like young lions lurking in ambush.	12 Aspectus eorum quasi leonis parati ad praedam et sicut catuli leonis recubantis in abditis.
13 Rise, O LORD, confront and cast them down; rescue me so from the wicked.	13 Exsurge, Domine, praeveni eum, supplanta eum; eripe animam meam ab impio framea tua,
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.	14 a mortuis manu tua, Domine, a mortuis, quorum defecit portio vitae. De reconditis tuis adimpleas ventrem eorum, saturentur filii et dimittant reliquias parvulis suis.
15 I am just--let me see your face; when I awake, let me be filled with your presence.	15 Ego autem in iustitia videbo faciem tuam; satiabor, cum evigilavero, conspectu tuo.