Hear My Righteous Plea 1 CPDV A Prayer of David. Lord, listen to my justice, attend to my supplication. Pay attention to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. BSB BSB: A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.
2 CPDV Let my judgment proceed from your presence. Let your eyes behold fairness. BSB BSB: May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
3 CPDV You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me. BSB BSB: You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
4 CPDV Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips. BSB BSB: As for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
5 CPDV Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed. BSB BSB: My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
6 CPDV I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words. BSB BSB: I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
7 CPDV Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you. BSB BSB: Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
8 CPDV From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings, BSB BSB: Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
9 CPDV from the face of the impious who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul. BSB BSB: from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
10 CPDV They have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantly. BSB BSB: They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
11 CPDV They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth. BSB BSB: They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
12 CPDV They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hiding. BSB BSB: like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
13 CPDV Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your hand. BSB BSB: Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
14 CPDV Lord, 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 remainder. BSB BSB: from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
15 CPDV But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears. BSB BSB: As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
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