诗17:1 （大卫的祈祷。）耶和华啊，求你听闻公义，侧耳听我的呼吁！求你留心听我这不出于诡诈嘴唇的祈祷。
诗17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
诗17:2 愿我的判语从你面前发出；愿你的眼睛观看公正。
诗17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
诗17:3 你已经试验我的心，你在夜间鉴察我，你熬炼我，却找不着什么。我立志叫我口中没有过失。
诗17:3 Thou 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.
诗17:4 论到人的行为，我藉着你嘴唇的言语自己谨守，不行强暴人的道路。
诗17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
诗17:5 我的脚踏定了你的路径；我的两脚未曾滑跌。
诗17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
诗17:6 神啊，我曾求告你，因为你必应允我；求你向我侧耳，听我的言语！
诗17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
诗17:7 求你显出你奇妙的慈爱来，你是那用右手拯救投靠你的，脱离起来攻击他们的人。
诗17:7 Shew 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.
诗17:8 求你保护我，如同保护眼中的瞳人，将我隐藏在你翅膀的荫下；
诗17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
诗17:9 使我脱离那欺压我的恶人，就是围困我要害我命的仇敌。
诗17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
诗17:10 他们的心被脂油包裹；他们用口说骄傲的话。
诗17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
诗17:11 他们围困了我们的脚步；他们瞪着眼，要把我们推倒在地。
诗17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
诗17:12 他像狮子急要抓食，又像少壮狮子蹲伏在暗处。
诗17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
诗17:13 耶和华啊，求你起来，前去迎敌，将他打倒，用你的刀救护我命脱离恶人。
诗17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
诗17:14 耶和华啊，求你用手救我脱离世人，脱离那只在今生有福分的世人！你把你的财宝充满他们的肚腹；他们因有儿女就心满意足，将其余的财物留给他们的婴孩。
诗17:14 From 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.
诗17:15 至于我，我必在义中见你的面；我醒了的时候，得见你的形像（“见”或作“着”），就心满意足了。
诗17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.