Hear, Lord, my plea for justice;
    pay heed to my cry;
Listen to my prayer
    from lips without guile.
² From you let my vindication come;
    your eyes see what is right.
³ You have tested my heart,
    searched it in the night.^(A)
You have tried me by fire,
    but find no malice in me.
My mouth has not transgressed
⁴     as others often do.
As your lips have instructed me,
    I have kept from the way of the lawless.
⁵ My steps have kept to your paths;
    my feet have not faltered.^(B)

⁶ I call upon you; answer me, O God.
    Turn your ear to me; hear my speech.
⁷ Show your wonderful mercy,
    you who deliver with your right arm
    those who seek refuge from their foes.
^8 [b]Keep me as the apple of your eye;
    hide me in the shadow of your wings
⁹     from the wicked who despoil me.^(C)

My ravenous enemies press upon me;^{(D)
10     [c]}they close their hearts,
    they fill their mouths with proud roaring.
¹¹ Their steps even now encircle me;
    they watch closely, keeping low to the ground,
¹² Like lions eager for prey,
    like a young lion lurking in ambush.
¹³ Rise, O Lord, confront and cast them down;
    rescue my soul from the wicked.
¹⁴ Slay them with your sword;
    with your hand, Lord, slay them;
    snatch them from the world in their prime.
Their bellies are being filled with your friends;
    their children are satisfied too,
    for they share what is left with their young.
¹⁵ I am just—let me see your face;
    when I awake, let me be filled with your presence.^(E)