Commentary on Psalms - Volume 5

1Hear, O Jehovah! my righteousness; Attend to my cry; Hearken to my prayer, which is not in lips of deceit.

2From the presence of thy countenance let my judgment go forth Let thine eyes behold uprightness.

3Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited it by night; Thou hast examined it, thou shalt not find any thing in it; My thought shall not pass beyond my mouth.

4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have taken heed of the ways of the destroyer.

5Uphold my steps in thy paths, That my footsteps may not slide.

6I have called upon thee, surely thou wilt hear me, O God! Incline thy ear to me, and hear my speech.

7Make marvelous thy mercies, O thou Preserver of those who trust [in thee,] From those that exalt themselves against thy right hand.

8Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In the shadow of thy wings hide me,

9From the face of the ungodly who endeavor to destroy me — Of my enemies who in my soul besiege me.

10In their own fat they have enclosed themselves; With their mouth they have spoken haughtily.

11In our steps they have now encompassed me; eyes they have set to east down to the ground.

12He is like a lion, he desireth to seize his prey, And like a lion’s whelp which lurketh in secret places.

13Arise, O Jehovah! confront him, lay him prostrate; Deliver my soul from the ungodly man by thy sword

14From men by thy hand, O Jehovah! — From men who are of long duration, Whose portion is in life, Whose belly thou fillets with thy secret, goods: Filled to the full are their children with them, And their residue they leave to their babes.

15As for me in righteousness I shall behold thy face; I shall be satisfied when I shall awake with thy likeness.