¹{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

¹[Fivavaky ny ory mba hovonjen'Andriamanitra tsy ho azon'ny hery sy ny reharehan'ny fahavalony] Fivavak'i Davida. Jehovah ô, mihainoa ny rariny, mandrenesa ny fitarainako, atongilano ny sofinao amin'ny fivavako avy amin'ny molotra tsy misy fitaka.

²Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity.

²Hivoaka avy eo anatrehanao ny fitsarana ahy; ny masonao hijery marina.

³Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

³Nizaha toetra ny foko Hianao, namantatra ahy nony alina; nizaha toetra ahy tamin'ny memy Hianao, fa tsy nahita na inona na inona; ny vavako tsy hafa noho ny eritreritro. [Na: fa tsy nahita hevi-dratsy; Tsy ho diso ny vavako na: Mikasa tsy hampanota ny vavako aho]

⁴Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent [man].

⁴Ny amin'ny asan'ny olona, dia ny tenin'ny molotrao no nitandremako tsy ho amin'ny lalan'ny mpanao an-keriny.

⁵When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

⁵Ny diako maharitra eo amin'ny lalanao, tsy solafaka ny tongotro.

⁶I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O ùGod. Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech.

⁶Izaho miantso Anao, ka mamaly ahy Hianao, Andriamanitra ô; atongilano amiko ny sofinao, ka henoy ny teniko.

⁷Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them].

⁷Ataovy mahagaga ny famindram-ponao, ry Mpamonjy amin'ny tananao ankavanana izay olona mialoka aminao, mba tsy ho azon'ny fahavalo.

⁸Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

⁸Arovy tahaka ny anakandriamaso aho, afeno ao ambanin'ny aloky ny elatrao,

⁹From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

⁹Mba tsy ho azon'ny ratsy fanahy izay mampahory ahy, dia ny fahavaloko masiaka, izay manodidina ahy.

¹⁰They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

¹⁰Efa mihirim-belona izy; teny miavonavona no aloaky ny vavany.

¹¹They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.

¹¹Manodidina anay amin'ny alehanay ankehitriny izy, Vandrininy hapotrany amin'ny tany izahay;[Na: Ahy]

¹²He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

¹²Ny fijery azy dia tahaka ny liona noana ta-hamiravira, sy tahaka ny liona tanora mamitsaka ao am-pierena.

¹³Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword;

¹³Mitsangàna, Jehovah ô, sakano izy, aripaho izy; vonjeo amin'ny sabatrao ny fanahiko tsy ho azon'ny ratsy fanahy;

¹⁴From men [who are] thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in [this] life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their children.

¹⁴Vonjeo amin'ny tananao aho, Jehovah ô, mba tsy ho azon'ny olon'izao tontolo izao, izay manana ny anjarany amin'izao fiainana izao, sady fenoinao ny harenao ny kibony; Maro anaka izy, dia mamela ny fananany be ho an'ny zanany madinika.Fa izaho kosa, dia aoka hahita ny tavanao amin'ny fahamarinana; aoka ny endrikao no hahafa-po ahy, raha mifoha.

¹⁵As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

¹⁵Fa izaho kosa, dia aoka hahita ny tavanao amin'ny fahamarinana; aoka ny endrikao no hahafa-po ahy, raha mifoha.