| Christian Standard Bible | King James Bible |
| 1LORD, hear a just cause; pay attention to my cry; listen to my prayer--from lips free of deceit. | 1A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. |
| 2Let my vindication come from you, for you see what is right. | 2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. |
| 3You have tested my heart; you have examined me at night. You have tried me and found nothing evil; I have determined that my mouth will not sin. | 3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. |
| 4Concerning what people do: by the words from your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. | 4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. |
| 5My steps are on your paths; my feet have not slipped. | 5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. |
| 6I call on you, God, because you will answer me; listen closely to me; hear what I say. | 6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. |
| 7Display the wonders of your faithful love, Savior of all who seek refuge from those who rebel against your right hand. | 7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. |
| 8Protect me as the pupil of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings | 8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, |
| 9from the wicked who treat me violently, my deadly enemies who surround me. | 9From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. |
| 10They are uncaring; their mouths speak arrogantly. | 10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. |
| 11They advance against me; now they surround me. They are determined to throw me to the ground. | 11They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; |
| 12They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush. | 12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. |
| 13Rise up, LORD! Confront him; bring him down. With your sword, save me from the wicked. | 13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: |
| 14With your hand, LORD, save me from men, from men of the world whose portion is in this life: You fill their bellies with what you have in store; their sons are satisfied, and they leave their surplus to their children. | 14From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. |
| 15But I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with your presence. | 15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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