Daily Bible Reading

¹ Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry;
 give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.
‍² From you let my vindication come;
 let your eyes see the right.

‍³ If you try my heart, if you visit me by night,
 if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me;
 my mouth does not transgress.
‍⁴ As for what others do, by the word of your lips
 I have avoided the ways of the violent.
‍⁵ My steps have held fast to your paths;
 my feet have not slipped.

‍⁶ I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
 incline your ear to me; hear my words.
‍⁷ Wondrously show your steadfast love,
 O savior of those who seek refuge
 from their adversaries at your right hand.

‍⁸ Guard me as the apple of the eye;
 hide me in the shadow of your wings,
‍⁹ from the wicked who despoil me,
 my deadly enemies who surround me.
‍¹⁰ They close their hearts to pity;
 with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
‍¹¹ They flush me out; now they surround me;
 they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.
‍¹² They are like a lion eager to tear,
 like a young lion lurking in ambush.

‍¹³ Rise up, O Lord, confront them, overthrow them!
 By your sword deliver my life from the wicked,
‍¹⁴ from mortals—by your hand, O Lord—
 from mortals whose portion in life is in this world.
May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them;
 may their children have more than enough;
 may they leave something over to their little ones.

‍¹⁵ As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
 when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.