Psalms 17

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Prayer of David. Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!	1 The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.
2 From thee let my vindication come! Let thy eyes see the right!	2 Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.
3 If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.	3 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.
4 With regard to the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.	4 That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.
5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped.	5 Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved.
6 I call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God; incline thy ear to me, hear my words.	6 I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.
7 Wondrously show thy steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at thy right hand.	7 Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them that trust in thee.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of thy wings,	8 From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.
9 from the wicked who despoil me, my deadly enemies who surround me.	9 From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul:
10 They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.	10 they have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken proudly.
11 They track me down; now they surround me; they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.	11 They have cast me forth and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.
12 They are like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.	12 They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
13 Arise, O LORD! confront them, overthrow them! Deliver my life from the wicked by thy sword,	13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one: thy sword
14 from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men whose portion in life is of the world. May their belly be filled with what thou hast stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their babes.	14 from the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with beholding thy form.	15 But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.