1A prayer of David. Hear righteousness, O LORD; listen to my cry; give ear to my prayer that does not come from lips of deceit.2May my justice come forth from your face; may your eyes see uprightness.3You have tested my heart; you visited it at night and refined me; you will not find any plan in me, nor will my lip pass over it.4Concerning the wages of man, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.5You grasp my steps in your tracks so that my feet are not shaken.6I called upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me and hear my word.7Show your kindness as marvelous, O you who save those who take refuge from their adversaries by your right hand.8Keep me as the pupil of the eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings.9From the face of the wicked who have ruined me, my enemies in soul surround me.10They have closed their fat; with their lips they speak arrogantly.11They have now surrounded our steps; they have encircled us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.12He is like a lion that longs to tear its prey, and like a young lion lurking in its hiding place.13Arise, O LORD; confront him face to face; bring him low; deliver my soul 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 belly with your treasure; their children are satisfied, and they leave their remainder to their infants.15As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.