In the Shadow of Your Wings
A (A)Prayer of David.
17 Hear a just cause, O Lord; (B)attend to my cry!
Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
2 From your presence (C)let my vindication come!
Let your eyes behold the right!
3 You have (D)tried my heart, you have (E)visited me by (F)night,
you have (G)tested me, and you will find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
4 With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.
5 My steps have (H)held fast to your paths;
my feet have not slipped.
6 I (I)call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
(J)incline your ear to me; hear my words.
7 (K)Wondrously show[a] your steadfast love,
O Savior of those who seek refuge
from (L)their adversaries at your right hand.
8 Keep me as (M)the apple of your eye;
hide me in (N)the shadow of your wings,
9 from the wicked who do me violence,
my deadly enemies who (O)surround me.
10 (P)They close their hearts to pity;
with their mouths they (Q)speak arrogantly.
11 They have now surrounded our (R)steps;
they set their eyes to (S)cast us to the ground.
12 He is like a lion eager to tear,
as a young lion (T)lurking in ambush.
13 Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
14 from men by your hand, O Lord,
from (U)men of the world whose (V)portion is in this life.[b]
You fill their womb with treasure;[c]
they are satisfied with (W)children,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.
15 As for me, I shall (X)behold your face in righteousness;
when I (Y)awake, I shall be (Z)satisfied with your likeness.
Footnotes
- Psalm 17:7 Or Distinguish me by
- Psalm 17:14 Or from men whose portion in life is of the world
- Psalm 17:14 Or As for your treasured ones, you fill their womb
Cross references
- Psalm 17:1 : [Ps. 86, title; 142, title]
- Psalm 17:1 : Ps. 142:6; [Ps. 61:1; Jer. 7:16]
- Psalm 17:2 : [Ps. 26:1]
- Psalm 17:3 : See Job 23:10
- Psalm 17:3 : Job 31:14
- Psalm 17:3 : Ps. 16:7; [Job 33:15]
- Psalm 17:3 : Judg. 7:4; Zech. 13:9; 1 Pet. 1:7; [Ps. 139:1; Mal. 3:2, 3]
- Psalm 17:5 : Job 23:11; [Ps. 44:18]
- Psalm 17:6 : Ps. 86:6, 7; 116:1, 2
- Psalm 17:6 : See Ps. 31:2
- Psalm 17:7 : Ps. 31:21
- Psalm 17:7 : Ps. 44:5; 59:1; 139:21
- Psalm 17:8 : Deut. 32:10; Zech. 2:8
- Psalm 17:8 : Ps. 36:7; 57:1; 63:7; 91:4; [Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34]; See Ruth 2:12
- Psalm 17:9 : [1 Sam. 23:26]
- Psalm 17:10 : [Ps. 119:70]
- Psalm 17:10 : Ps. 31:18; 1 Sam. 2:3
- Psalm 17:11 : [Ps. 89:51]
- Psalm 17:11 : Ps. 62:4
- Psalm 17:12 : [Ps. 10:8, 9]
- Psalm 17:14 : [Ps. 10:18; Luke 16:8; 20:34]
- Psalm 17:14 : Matt. 6:2, 5, 16; Luke 16:25
- Psalm 17:14 : [Job 21:11]
- Psalm 17:15 : Job 33:26; 1 John 3:2; [Ps. 11:7]
- Psalm 17:15 : Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:2
- Psalm 17:15 : [Ps. 16:11]