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[1] Heare thou O God of iustice, be attentiue vnto my complaynt: geue eare vnto my prayer, not [proceeding] out of fayned lyppes |
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[2]Let iudgement come foorth for me from thy face: and let thine eyes loke vpon equitie |
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[3]Thou hast proued myne heart, thou hast visited [it] in the nyght season: thou hast tryed me, and founde no [wickednesse, for] I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth |
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[4]As touchyng [other] mens workes: through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent |
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[5]O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes: that my footesteppes slyp not |
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[6]I call vpon thee O God, for thou wilt heare me: incline thine eare to me, hearken vnto my wordes |
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[7]Shewe thy marueylous louyng kindnesse: thou that art the sauiour of them that trust in thee, from such as ryse vp agaynst thy ryght hande |
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[8]Kepe me as the apple of an eye, hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges: from the face of the vngodly that go about to destroy me, [from] myne enemies that compasse me rounde about to take away my soule |
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[9]They haue inclosed [them selues] in their owne fat: with their mouth they speake proude thynges |
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[10]They haue nowe compassed me on euery syde [where] our way [lyeth]: they toote with their eyes to ouerthrow [me] downe on the grounde |
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[11]His [doynges] be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray: and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places |
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[12]Aryse O God, preuent his commyng, make hym to bowe: delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly [which is] thy sworde |
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[13][Deliuer thou] me O God from men [which be] thy hande: from men, from the worlde, whose portion [is] in this lyfe, whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy priuie [treasure] |
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[14]Whose children haue aboundaunce: & they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes |
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[15]But as for me, I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse: I shalbe satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse |