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.