1Hear the right, O Lord, consider my cry: hearken unto my prayer of lips unfeigned.
2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence, and let thine eyes behold equity.
3Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night: thou hast tried me, and foundest nothing: for I was purposed that my mouth should not offend.
4Concerning the works of men, by the words of thy lips I kept me from the paths of the cruel man.
5Stay my steps in thy paths, that my feet do not slide.
6I have called upon thee: surely thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words.
7Show thy marvelous mercies: thou that art the Savior of them that trust in thee, from such as resist thy right hand.
8Keep me as the apple of the eye: hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9From the wicked that oppress me, from mine enemies, which compass me round about for my soul.
10They are enclosed in their own fat, and they have spoken proudly with their mouth.
11They have compassed us now in our steps: they have set their eyes to bring down to the ground:
12Like as a lion that is greedy of prey, and as it were a Lion’s whelp lurking in secret places.
13Up Lord, disappoint him: cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked with thy sword,
14From men by thine hand, O Lord, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thine hid treasure: their children have enough, and leave the rest of their substance for their children.
15But I will behold thy face in righteousness, and when I wake, I shall be satisfied with thine image.