⁶ I am crying aloud to You, O True God, for I long to know Your answer.
    Hear me, O God. Hear my plea. Hear my prayer for help.
⁷ Put Your marvelous love on display for all to see.
    Liberator of those who long for shelter beside You,
    set them safely away from their enemies, ever welcomed by grace.

⁸ Keep close watch over me as the apple of Your eye;
    shelter me in the shadow of Your wings.
⁹ Protect me from the wicked who are poised to attack,
    from the enemies swarming around me and closing in quickly.
¹⁰ Like clay baking in the sun, their hearts have hardened;
    arrogance spills from their mouths.
¹¹ They’ve tracked me down like quarry.
    They’re surrounding me
    and are poised to throw me down into the dirt.
¹² Like a lion—crouching in the brush—they are ready to tear me apart.
    Like young lions in their hiding places, they are poised to strike.

¹³ Rise up and confront them, O Eternal One! Make them pay.
    By Your sword, set me free from my wicked enemies!
¹⁴ May Your rescue find me here.
    By Your hand, save me from my enemies, Eternal One.
    Save me from men whose hopes are rooted in this world.
But as for those You cherish,
    may they feast on all You have set aside for them;
    may their children never be in need;
    may they have enough so their children will inherit their wealth.

¹⁵ But as for me, my hope is to see Your face.
    When I am vindicated, I will look upon the holy face of God,
    and when I awake, the longing of my soul will be satisfied in the glow of Your presence.