1 Shaddai, hear my cry, and defend the justice of my case! Hear my prayer, for my lips are free from deceit.
2 You alone see what is right; reveal my integrity and justice.
3 If You test my heart, if You visit me in the night, if You try me, You will find no corruption.
4 Keeping Your Word has kept me from falling into violence.
5 Because I have walked in Your tracks, my feet have never slipped.
6 When I call on You, will You answer me, O God of my life? Will You lend me Your ear and hear me out?
7 O Savior of all who trust in You, show me Your marvelous love. Save me with Your right hand from all who act unjustly.
8 Show me that You treasure me. Keep me as the apple of Your eye Hide me in the shadow of Your wings.
9 from those who seek to strip me, from the enemies of my body and soul who encircle me with danger.
10 They are fat with pride, and their mouths are full of arrogance.
11 With their eyes on my trail, they tracked me down.
12 They surrounded me like wild beasts eager for prey, like animals hiding in ambush.
13 Arise, Shaddai! Confront them with Your power! Deliver me from them, and overthrow their plans for me.
14 From those who are greedy and proud deliver me,
O God of my salvation. May their stomachs be stuffed with your recompense; may their children lose their inheritance.
15 As for me, I will be satisfied when I see Your face mirrored in justice; and when, with perfect integrity, I finally awake with Your likeness.