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 17,5 Ps 17,5
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live;And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,And my {Hebrew: ankles.}feet have not slipped.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe,And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me:When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Establish my footsteps in thy word;And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
When I said, My foot slippeth;Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
{Or, Let him not suffer…Let him not slumber that &c.}He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Jehovah will keep thee from all evil;He will keep thy soul.
He will keep the feet of his {Or, godly ones Another reading is, holy one.}holy ones;But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness;For by strength shall no man prevail.
O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.