Psalms 17 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 A PRAYER OF DAVID. Hear, O YHWH, righteousness, attend my cry, || Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit. Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! A prayer of David. Hear me, LORD, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.
2 My judgment goes out from before You; Your eyes see uprightly. From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right! Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.
3 You have proved my heart, || You have inspected by night, || You have tried me, You find nothing; My thoughts do not pass over my mouth. You 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. Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me, you will find that I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.
4 As for doings of man, || Through a word of Your lips I have observed || The paths of a destroyer; With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded.
5 To uphold my goings in Your paths, || My steps have not slipped. My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped. My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.
6 I called You, for You answer me, || O God, incline Your ear to me, hear my speech. I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words. I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.
7 Separate Your kindness wonderfully, O Savior of the confiding, || By Your right hand, from withstanders. Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand. Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.
8 Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings, Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings
9 From the face of the wicked who spoiled me, || [From] my enemies in soul who go around against me. from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me. from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
10 They have closed up their fat, || Their mouths have spoken with pride: They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly. They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance.
11 “Our steps have now surrounded [him]”; They set their eyes to turn aside in the land. They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground. They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
12 His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, || As a young lion dwelling in secret places. He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush. They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover.
13 Arise, O YHWH, go before his face, || Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Your sword, Arise, O LORD! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword, Rise up, LORD, confront them, bring them down; with your sword rescue me from the wicked.
14 From men, Your hand, O YHWH, || From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, || And [with] Your hidden things You fill their belly, || They are satisfied [with] sons, || And have left their abundance to their sucklings. from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants. By your hand save me from such people, LORD, from those of this world whose reward is in this life. May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies; may their children gorge themselves on it, and may there be leftovers for their little ones.
15 I—in righteousness, || I see Your face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Your form! As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
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