Psalms 17
1 A Prayer of David. Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive:
prayer to/for David to hear: hear [emph?] LORD righteousness to listen [emph?] cry my to listen [emph?] prayer my in/on/with not lips deceit
2 From before thee, let my sentence come forth, Thine eyes, behold with equity.
from to/for face your justice: judgement my to come out: come eye your to see uprightness
3 Thou hast tested my heart, hast made inspection by night, hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing, Had I devised evil, my mouth should not have transgressed:
to test heart my to reckon: visit night to refine me not to find to plan not to pass: trespass lip my
4 As for the workings of men, By the word of thy lips, have, I, taken heed of the paths of the violent one.
to/for wages man in/on/with word lips your I to keep: guard way violent
5 Thou hast held fast my goings on to thy ways, My footsteps have not been shaken:
to grasp step my in/on/with track your not to shake beat my
6 I, have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O GOD, —Incline thine ear unto me, Hear thou my speech:
I to call: call to you for to answer me God to stretch ear your to/for me to hear: hear word my
7 Let thy lovingkindness be distinguished, thou Saviour of such as seek refuge from them who lift themselves up against thy right hand.
be distinguished kindness your to save to seek refuge from to arise: attack in/on/with right your
8 Guard me, as the pupil of the eye, —Under the shadow of thy wings, wilt thou hide me:
to keep: guard me like/as pupil daughter eye in/on/with shadow wing your to hide me
9 From the face of lawless ones who have treated me with violence, the foes of my soul, who come round against me:
from face: before wicked this to ruin me enemy my in/on/with soul: life to surround upon me
10 Their own fat [heart], have they shut up, —With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.
fat their to shut lip their to speak: speak in/on/with majesty
11 As for our own goings, now, have they surrounded us, —Their eyes, they fix, bending to the earth:
step our now (to turn: surround us *QK) eye their to set: make to/for to stretch in/on/with land: soil
12 His likeness, is as a lion, that longeth to rend, and as a young lion, lurking in secret places.
likeness his like/as lion to long to/for to tear and like/as lion to dwell in/on/with hiding
13 Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one [who is] thy sword:
to arise: rise [emph?] LORD to meet [emph?] face of his to bow him to escape [emph?] soul my from wicked sword your
14 From men [who are] thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom, —They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children: —
from man hand: power your LORD from man from lifetime/world portion their in/on/with life (and to treasure your *QK) to fill belly: womb their to satisfy son: child and to rest remainder their to/for infant their
15 I, in righteousness, shall behold thy face, Shall be satisfied when awakened by a vision of thee.
I in/on/with righteousness to see face your to satisfy in/on/with to awake likeness your
