Psalms 17:6-14

⁶I call to you, for you answer me, God; turn your ear to me and listen when I speak.

⁷Show your covenant faithfulness in a wonderful way, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their enemies!

⁸Protect me like the apple of your eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings

⁹from the presence of the wicked ones who assault me, my enemies who surround me.

¹⁰They have no mercy on anyone; their mouths speak with pride.

¹¹They have surrounded my steps. They set their eyes to strike me to the ground.

¹²They are like a lion eager for a victim, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

¹³Arise, Yahweh! Attack them! Throw them down on their faces! Rescue my life from the wicked by your sword!

¹⁴Rescue me from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of this world whose prosperity is in this life alone! You will fill the bellies of your treasured ones with riches; they will have many children and will leave their wealth to their children.