17:1 oratio David exaudi Domine iustitiam meam intende deprecationem meam auribus percipe orationem meam non in labiis dolosis

17:1 The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.

17:2 de vultu tuo iudicium meum prodeat oculi tui videant aequitates

17:2 Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.

17:3 probasti cor meum visitasti nocte igne me examinasti et non est inventa in me iniquitas

17:3 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.

17:4 ut non loquatur os meum opera hominum propter verba labiorum tuorum ego custodivi vias duras

17:4 That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.

17:5 perfice gressus meos in semitis tuis ut non moveantur vestigia mea

17:5 Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved.

17:6 ego clamavi quoniam exaudisti me Deus inclina aurem tuam mihi et exaudi verba mea

17:6 I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.

17:7 mirifica misericordias tuas qui salvos facis sperantes in te

17:7 Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them that trust in thee.

17:8 a resistentibus dexterae tuae custodi me ut pupillam oculi sub umbra alarum tuarum proteges me

17:8 From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.

17:9 a facie impiorum qui me adflixerunt inimici mei animam meam circumdederunt *super me;

17:9 From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul:

17:10 adipem suum concluserunt os eorum locutum est superbia

17:10 They have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken proudly.

17:11 proicientes me nunc circumdederunt me oculos suos statuerunt declinare in terram

17:11 They have cast me forth, and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.

17:12 susceperunt me sicut leo paratus ad praedam et sicut catulus leonis habitans in abditis

17:12 They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.

17:13 exsurge Domine praeveni eum et subplanta eum eripe animam meam ab impio frameam tuam

17:13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword

17:14 ab inimicis manus tuae Domine a paucis de terra divide eos in vita eorum de absconditis tuis adimpletus est venter eorum saturati sunt filiis et dimiserunt reliquias suas parvulis suis

17:14 From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

17:15 ego autem in iustitia apparebo conspectui tuo satiabor cum apparuerit gloria tua

17:15 But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.