A Prayer of David.
Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry;
Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;
{Or, Thine eyes behold with equity}Let thine eyes look upon equity.
Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
Thou hast tried me, and {Or, findest no evil purpose in me; My mouth &c.}findest nothing;
I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips
I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
My steps have held fast to thy paths,
My feet have not slipped.
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God:
Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Show thy marvellous lovingkindness,
O thou that savest {Or, them that take refuge…rise up against thy right hand}by thy right hand them that take refuge in thee
From those that rise up against them.
Keep me as the apple of the eye;
Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
From the wicked that oppress me,
My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
{Or, They have shut up their heart}They are inclosed in their own fat:
With their mouth they speak proudly.
They have now compassed us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,
And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Arise, O Jehovah,
{Or, Forestall}Confront him, cast him down:
Deliver my soul from {Or, the wicked, who is thy sword}the wicked by thy sword;
From {Or, men who are thy hand}men by thy hand, O Jehovah,
From men {Or, whose portion in life is of the world}of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure:
They are satisfied with children,
And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
As for me, {Or, let me}I shall behold thy face in righteousness;
{Or, let me}I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.
Querverweise zu Psalm 17,1 Ps 17,1
A Prayer of David.Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me;For I am poor and needy.
Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples:Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity {Or, be it unto me}that is in me.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God;For unto thee do I pray.
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me;The foreigners shall {Or, yield feigned obedience Hebrew: lie.}submit themselves unto me.
Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.I cry with my voice unto Jehovah;With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness;According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Attend unto me, and answer me:I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him,To all that call upon him in truth.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Because of the voice of the enemy,Because of the oppression of the wicked;For they cast iniquity upon me,And in anger they persecute me.
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted,And justice for the needy.
For the Chief Musician; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.Hear my cry, O God;Attend unto my prayer.
{Isaiah 29:13.}This people honoreth me with their lips;But their heart is far from me.
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;
But verily God hath heard;He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
Attend unto my cry;For I am brought very low:Deliver me from my persecutors;For they are stronger than I.
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not {Hebrew: cause to fall.}present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies' sake.
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.