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.