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 17,4 Ps 17,4
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.They are corrupt, they have done abominable works;There is none that doeth good.
Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men,To see if there were any that did {Or, deal wisely}understand,That did seek after God.
They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy;There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
ב BETH.Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way?By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
With my whole heart have I sought thee:Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
Thy word have I laid up in my heart,That I might not sin against thee.
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart,And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
Discretion shall watch over thee;Understanding shall keep thee:
To deliver thee from the way of {Or, the evil man}evil,From the men that speak perverse things;
Who forsake the paths of uprightness,To walk in the ways of darkness;
Who rejoice to do evil,And delight in the perverseness of {Or, the evil man}evil;
Who are crooked in their ways,And wayward in their paths:
They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue he hath the name {That is, Destroyer.}Apollyon.
And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
But he answered and said, It is written, {Deuteronomy 8:3}Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
How much less {Or, that which is}one that is abominable and corrupt,A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, {Deuteronomy 6:16}Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.
If {Or, after the manner of men}like Adam I have covered my transgressions,By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, {Deuteronomy 6:13}Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?
{Or, Consecrate}Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.
that {Or, he no longer…his time}ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.