11YOU WILL MAKE KNOWN TO ME [THE] PATH OF LIFE ABUNDANCE OF GLADNESS<ES> [ARE] WITH PRESENCE YOUR PLEASANT [THINGS] [ARE] AT RIGHT [HAND] YOUR PERPETUITY 11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence,*NoteCloseCited in Acts 2:25–28 with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
1HEAR! O YAHWEH RIGHTEOUSNESS PAY ATTENTION TO! CRY OF ENTREATY MY GIVE EAR TO! PRAYER MY WITH NOT LIPS OF DECEIT 1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
2FROM TO BEFORE YOU JUDGMENT MY MAY IT COME FORTH EYES YOUR MAY THEY SEE UPRIGHTNESS<ES> 2May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
3YOU HAVE TESTED HEART MY YOU HAVE VISITED NIGHT YOU HAVE TESTED ME NOT YOU WILL FIND I HAVE RESOLVED NOT IT WILL TRANSGRESS MOUTH MY 3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
4TO [THE] DEEDS OF HUMANKIND BY [THE] WORD OF LIPS YOUR I I HAVE WATCHED [THE] PATHS OF VIOLENT PERSON[S] 4As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
5THEY HAVE HELD FIRM STEPS MY IN TRACKS YOUR NOT THEY HAVE BEEN SHAKEN FOOTSTEPS MY 5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
6I I CALL OUT TO YOU FOR YOU WILL ANSWER ME O GOD INCLINE EAR YOUR TO ME HEAR UTTERANCE MY 6I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
7MAKE WONDERFUL COVENANT LOYALTI<ES> YOUR O DELIVERER OF [THOSE WHO] TAKE REFUGE FROM [THOSE WHO] RISE UP BY RIGHT [HAND] YOUR 7Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
8KEEP ME LIKE [THE] PUPIL OF [THE] DAUGHTER OF AN EYE IN [THE] SHADOW OF WINGS YOUR YOU WILL HIDE ME 8Keep me as the apple of*NoteCloseLiterally as the pupil, the daughter of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
9FROM BEFORE WICKED [PEOPLE] WHO THEY HAVE ASSAILED ME ENEMIES MY WITH SOUL THEY SURROUND <ON> ME 9from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
10FAT THEIR THEY HAVE CLOSED UP MOUTH THEIR THEY HAVE SPOKEN WITH PRIDE 10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
11STEPS OUR NOW THEY HAVE SURROUNDED US EYES THEIR THEY SET TO BEND DOWN ON THE GROUND 11They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
12LIKENESS HIS [IS] LIKE A LION [WHICH] IT LONGS TO TEAR TO PIECES AND LIKE A YOUNG LION [WHICH] SITS IN HIDING PLACES 12like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
13ARISE! O YAHWEH CONFRONT! FACE HIS MAKE BOW DOWN HIM DELIVER! LIFE MY FROM [THE] WICKED SWORD YOUR 13Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
14FROM MEN HAND YOUR O YAHWEH FROM MEN FROM [THE] WORLD [WHOM] PORTION THEIR [IS] IN THE LIFE AND TREASURED [THING] YOUR YOU FILL BELLY THEIR THEY ARE SATISFIED SONS AND THEY LEAVE ABUNDANCE THEIR TO CHILDREN THEIR 14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones*NoteCloseOr May what You have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
15I IN RIGHTEOUSNESS I WILL SEE FACE YOUR I WILL BE SATISFIED WHEN AWAKE LIKENESS YOUR 15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.