| English Standard Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! | 1LORD, hear my just plea! Pay attention to my cry! Listen to my prayer, since it does not come from lying lips. |
| 2From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right! | 2Justice for me will come from your presence; your eyes see what is right. |
| 3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. | 3When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth. |
| 4With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. | 4As for the ways of mankind, I have, according to the words of your lips, avoided the ways of the violent. |
| 5My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped. | 5Because my steps have held fast to your paths, my footsteps have not faltered. |
| 6I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words. | 6I call upon you, for you will answer me, God. Listen closely to me and hear my prayer. |
| 7Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand. | 7Show forth your gracious love, save those who take refuge in you from those who rebel against your sovereign power. |
| 8Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, | 8Protect me as the most precious part of the eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings |
| 9from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me. | 9from the wicked who have afflicted me, from my enemies who have surrounded me. |
| 10They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly. | 10They are imprisoned by their own prosperity, they have boasted proudly with their mouth. |
| 11They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground. | 11Now they have encircled our paths and are determined to cast us down to the ground. |
| 12He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush. | 12Like a lion they desire to rip us to pieces, like a young lion waiting in ambush. |
| 13Arise, O LORD! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword, | 13Arise, LORD, confront them, bring them to their knees! Deliver me from the wicked by your sword— |
| 14from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants. | 14from men, LORD, by your hand— from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring. |
| 15As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. | 15But as for me, justified, I will behold your face; when I awake, your presence will satisfy me. |
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