1 Hear, O LORD, what is right; listen to my cry; give ear to my prayer, which does not come from deceitful lips.
2 May my judgment go out from your presence; may your eyes see with equity.
3 You have examined my heart; you have inspected it at night; you have refined me and found nothing; I purposed that my mouth should not overstep.
4 As for human deeds, by the word of your lips I have kept watch against the ways of the violent.
5 My steps have kept hold of your tracks; my feet have not wavered.
6 I have called on you, for you will answer me, O God; turn your ear to me, hear my speech.
7 Make marvelous your steadfast love, you who save by your right hand those who seek refuge from those who rise up against them.
8 Guard me like the pupil of the eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings
9 from the presence of the wicked who ravage me, enemies against my life who close in around me.
10 Their fat they have closed up; with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have tracked our steps; now they have surrounded us; they fix their eyes to bring us down to the earth.
12 He is like a lion that longs to tear, like a young lion crouching in hiding places.
13 Rise, O LORD, go out to meet him, make him bow! Rescue my soul from the wicked by your sword,
14 from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, whose share is in this life. Their belly you fill with your stored-up treasure; they have plenty of sons, and they leave what remains to their children.
15 As for me, in righteousness I will see your face; I will be satisfied, when I awake, with your form.