Psalms 17:1-15

¹Yahweh, listen to me while I plead with you to act justly toward me. Hear me while I call out to you to help me. Pay attention to what I say while I pray because I am speaking MTY honestly/truthfully.

²You are the one who is able to declare that I ◄am innocent/have not done anything that was wrong► because you see/know that I am telling the truth.

³You know what I think, even at night; you have examined what I say and do, and you know that I have determined to never tell any lies.

⁴I have not done like others do; I have always done what is right IDM, and I have not acted cruelly toward others.

⁵I have always done what you told me to do IDM, I have ◄never failed to do/always done► LIT those things.

⁶O God, I pray to you because you answer me; please listen MTY to what I am saying.

⁷Show me that you faithfully love me. By your great power MTY rescue those who ◄run to/trust in► you to protect them from their enemies.

⁸Protect me as people carefully protect their own eyes; protect me like birds protect their babies under their wings MET.

⁹Do not allow wicked people to attack me; my enemies surround me, wanting to kill me.

¹⁰They never pity IDM anyone, and they are always boasting.

¹¹They have hunted/searched for me and found me. They surround me, watching for an opportunity to throw me to the ground.

¹²They are like lions SIM that are ready to tear apart the animals that they capture; they are like young lions that are hiding, waiting to pounce on their prey.

¹³Yahweh, come and ◄oppose/fight against► my enemies and defeat them! Use your sword to save me from those wicked people!

¹⁴Yahweh, by your power MTY rescue me from those people who are interested only in things here in this world. But you provide plenty of food for those whom you love dearly; their children also have many things that their grandchildren will inherit.

¹⁵Yahweh, because I act righteously, I will some day see you SYN. When I awake, I will see you face-to-face, and then I will be happy.