13SURELY RIGHTEOUS [PEOPLE] THEY WILL GIVE THANKS TO NAME YOUR THEY WILL DWELL UPRIGHT [PEOPLE] WITH PRESENCE YOUR 13Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
1O YAHWEH I CALL OUT TO YOU MAKE HASTE! TO ME GIVE EAR TO! VOICE MY WHEN CALL I TO YOU 1I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
2MAY IT BE ESTABLISHED PRAYER MY INCENSE <TO> BEFORE YOU [THE] RAISING OF HANDS MY AN OFFERING OF EVENING 2May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.
3SET! O YAHWEH A GUARD FOR MOUTH MY KEEP WATCH! OVER [THE] DOOR OF LIPS MY 3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
4MAY NOT YOU TURN HEART MY TO ANYTHING EVIL TO PRACTICE PRACTICES IN WICKEDNESS WITH PEOPLE [WHO] DO <OF> WICKEDNESS AND NOT I WILL EAT IN DELICACIES THEIR 4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
5LET HIM STRIKE ME A RIGHTEOUS [PERSON] LOYALTY AND LET HIM REBUKE ME OIL OF HEAD MAY NOT IT REFUSE HEAD MY FOR STILL AND PRAYER MY [IS] ON EVIL DEEDS THEIR 5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
6THEY HAVE BEEN THROWN DOWN AT [THE] HANDS OF A ROCK JUDGES THEIR AND THEY WILL HEAR WORDS MY FOR THEY ARE PLEASANT 6When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
7LIKE [ONE WHO] PLOWS AND [WHO] BREAKS UP <IN> THE EARTH THEY HAVE BEEN SCATTERED BONES OUR TO [THE] MOUTH OF SHEOL 7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8FOR [ARE] TO YOU O YAHWEH O LORD EYES MY IN YOU I TAKE REFUGE MAY NOT YOU LAY BARE LIFE MY 8But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.*NoteCloseOr do not pour out my life or do not give me over to death
9KEEP ME FROM [THE] HANDS OF [THE] TRAP [WHICH] THEY HAVE LAID FOR ME AND [THE] SNARES OF [THOSE WHO] DO <OF> WICKEDNESS 9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
10LET THEM FALL IN OWN NETS HIS WICKED [PEOPLE] TOGETHER I UNTIL I WILL PASS BY 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.