Psalm 17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

³ If you try my heart, if you visit me by night,
    if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me;
    my mouth does not transgress.^(A)
4 As for what others do, by the word of your lips
    I have avoided the ways of the violent.^(B)
5 My steps have held fast to your paths;
    my feet have not slipped.^(C)

⁶ I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
    incline your ear to me; hear my words.^(D)
7 Wondrously show your steadfast love,
    O savior of those who seek refuge
    from their adversaries at your right hand.^(E)

⁸ Guard me as the apple of the eye;
    hide me in the shadow of your wings,^(F)
9 from the wicked who despoil me,
    my deadly enemies who surround me.
¹⁰ They close their hearts to pity;
    with their mouths they speak arrogantly.^(G)
11 They flush me out;^[a] now they surround me;
    they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.
¹² They are like a lion eager to tear,
    like a young lion lurking in ambush.^(H)

¹³ Rise up, O Lord, confront them, overthrow them!
    By your sword deliver my life from the wicked,^(I)
14 from mortals—by your hand, O Lord—
    from mortals whose portion in life is in this world.
May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them;
    may their children have more than enough;
    may they leave something over to their little ones.^(J)

¹⁵ As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
    when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.^(K)