Psalm 17:1-15 - In The Shadow Of Your Wings

¹ O Yahweh, hear a just cause. Hear my cry; heed my prayer [I make] without deceitful lips. ² Let my vindication come forth from you; let your eyes see fairness. ³ You have tried my heart; you have examined [me] by night; you have tested me; you found nothing. I have decided [that] my mouth will not transgress. ⁴ As for [the] works of humankind, by the word of your lips, I have kept [from] the ways of [the] violent. ⁵ [I have] held my steps in your path My feet will not slip.

⁶ As for me, I have called on you because you will answer me, O God. Incline your ear to me. Hear my words. ⁷ Show wondrously your acts of loyal love, O Savior of those who take refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against [them]. ⁸ Keep me as {the apple of your eye}. Hide me in the shadow of your wings ⁹ from [the] {presence} of [the] wicked who destroy me, [those] enemies against my life, [they that] surround me.

¹⁰ They have shut off their calloused [heart]; [with] their mouth they speak arrogantly. ¹¹ Now they surround us at our [every] step. They {intend} {to pin} [me] to the ground. ¹² {He is like} a lion; he longs to tear apart, and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places.

¹³ Rise up, O Yahweh, confront {him}. Make him bow down. Rescue with your sword my life from [the] wicked, ¹⁴ from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of [this] world. Their share [is] in {this life}, and you fill their stomach [with] your treasure. They are satisfied [with] children. They bequeath their excess to their children.

¹⁵ [By contrast,] I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied [seeing] your form.