Psalms 17
David asks God to listen to his prayer and judge him based on his fairness, as he has kept to God's ways and not spoken deceitfully. He requests God's protection from his enemies who have surrounded him and are speaking arrogantly. David asks God to rise up and deliver him from the impious, and to divide his enemies from the blessings of the earth. He expresses his desire to appear before God in justice and be satisfied with God's glory.
A Prayer of David. Lord, listen to my justice, attend to my supplication. Pay attention to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lipsLet my judgment proceed from your presence. Let your eyes behold fairnessYou have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in meTherefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lipsPerfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbedI have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my wordsMake your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in youFrom those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wingsfrom the face of the impious who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soulThey have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantlyThey have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earthThey have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hidingRise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your handLord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life. Their gut has been filled from your hidden stores. They have been filled with sons, and they have bequeathed to their little ones the remainderBut as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears
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