A prayer of David .
1 Hear the right , O LORD , attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer , that goeth not out of feigned lips .
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence ; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal .
3 Thou hast proved mine heart ; thou hast visited me in the night ; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing ; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress .
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer .
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths , that my footsteps slip not.
6 I have called upon thee , for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech .
7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness , O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them .
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings ,
9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies , who compass me about .
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly .
11 They have now compassed us in our steps : they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth ;
12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey , and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places .
13 Arise , O LORD , disappoint him, cast him down : deliver my soul from the wicked , which is thy sword :
14 From men which are thy hand , O LORD , from men of the world , which 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 .
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness : I shall be satisfied , when I awake , with thy likeness .