1A Prayer of David. Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! (مز 61:1; مز 86:1; مز 142:1; مز 142:6; إر 7:16)2From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right! (مز 26:1)3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. (قض 7:4; أي 23:10; أي 31:14; أي 33:15; مز 16:7; مز 139:1; زك 13:9; ملا 3:2; 1بط 1:7)4With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.5My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped. (أي 23:11; مز 44:18)6I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words. (مز 31:2; مز 86:6; مز 116:1)7Wondrously show[1] your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand. (مز 31:21; مز 44:5; مز 59:1; مز 139:21)8Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, (تث 32:10; را 2:12; مز 36:7; مز 57:1; مز 63:7; مز 91:4; زك 2:8; مت 23:37; لو 13:34)9from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me. (1صم 23:26)10They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly. (1صم 2:3; مز 31:18; مز 119:70)11They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground. (مز 62:4; مز 89:51)12He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush. (مز 10:8)13Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,14from men by your hand, O Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life.[2] You fill their womb with treasure;[3] they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants. (أي 21:11; مز 10:18; مت 6:2; مت 6:5; مت 6:16; لو 16:8; لو 16:25; لو 20:34)15As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. (أي 33:26; مز 11:7; مز 16:11; إش 26:19; دا 12:2; 1يو 3:2)