Hear My Righteous Plea 1 WBS A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned 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 WBS Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal. BSB BSB: May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
3 WBS Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 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 WBS Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. BSB BSB: As for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
5 WBS Uphold my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. BSB BSB: My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
6 WBS I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thy ear to me, and hear my speech. BSB BSB: I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
7 WBS Show thy wonderful loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them who put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them . BSB BSB: Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
8 WBS Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shade of thy wings. BSB BSB: Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
9 WBS From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who encompass me, BSB BSB: from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
10 WBS They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. BSB BSB: They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
11 WBS They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing 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 WBS Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. BSB BSB: like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
13 WBS Arise, O LORD disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, who is thy sword: BSB BSB: Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
14 WBS From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure : they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 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 WBS As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. 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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