1«A Prayer of David.» Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips. 2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress. 4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer. 5Stay my steps in thy paths, that my feete doe not slide. 6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech. 7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them]. 8Keepe me as the apple of the eye: hide me vnder the shadowe of thy wings, 9From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about. 10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground: 12Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places. 13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword: 14From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes. 15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.