Tehillim 17

Okay, so let's, let's translate the whole pasuk.

Tefillat David, a prayer for the-- to-- by David.

Sh'ma Adonai tzedek.

Listen, God, to what is just.

Hakshiva rinati.

Listen to my cries, my, my...

Okay, so what is rina? Rina is a form of-- is a technical word used for a form of tefillah, probably a form of tefillah that is said out loud, and probably a form of tefillah that is said with the, with a certain level of joy, rinati.

[sniffing] Ha'azina tefillati, listen to my tefillah, b'lo sifte mirma, that is said without lying lips.

So if you look at the, the way the pasuk is structured, Sh'ma Adonai tzedek, listen, Hashem, to what is just, the-- to what is said, b'lo sifte mirma, which comes at the end of the pasuk.

So the b'lo sifte mirma, which means without deceitful lips- Yeah ...is the equivalent of tzedek in the first half.

But listen, Hashem, to what is just.

Okay? [sniffing] Mi'lefanecha mishpati etze.

Einecha tehezen ha'meysharim.

Let my judgment come from before you.

And my e-- and your eyes should see what is right.

Right? The word meysharim is going to, is going to come up, uh, again, but my-- let my judgment come from before you.

What does that mean? I'm gonna- Meaning please take care of my judgment.

Please take care of my justice.

Uh, please, uh, be in charge of what occurs to me.

Don't let it be- And, and, and see with your eyes that it's- And see with your eyes that it's- That it's right ...that it's right and just.

Good.

I'm not doing something unjust.

And if you want proof that I'm not doing anything unjust and that I deserve a good judgment, pasuk gimel.

Bachanta libi, you've examined my heart.

Pakadta layla, you've taken accounting of me at night.