17O Lord, how long will you look on? *
rescue me from the roaring beasts,
and my life from the young lions.
18I will give you thanks in the great congregation; *
I will praise you in the mighty throng.
19Do not let my treacherous foes rejoice over me, *
nor let those who hate me without a cause wink at each other.
20For they do not plan for peace, *
but invent deceitful schemes against the quiet in the land.
21They opened their mouths at me and said, *
“Aha! we saw it with our own eyes.”
22You saw it, O Lord; do not be silent; *
O Lord, be not far from me.
23Awake, arise, to my cause! *
to my defense, my God and my Lord!
24Give me justice, O Lord my God,
according to your righteousness; *
do not let them triumph over me.
25Do not let them say in their hearts,
“Aha! just what we want!” *
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up.”
26Let all who rejoice at my ruin be ashamed and disgraced; *
let those who boast against me be clothed with dismay and shame.
27Let those who favor my cause sing out with joy and be glad; *
let them say always, “Great is the Lord,
who desires the prosperity of his servant.”
