1 O Lord my God, in You I take refuge and put my trust; save me from all those who pursue and persecute me, and deliver me,

O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,

2 L est my foe tear my life like a lion, dragging me away while there is none to deliver.

Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

3 O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

4 I f I have paid back with evil him who was at peace with me or without cause have robbed him who was my enemy,

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)

5 L et the enemy pursue my life and take it; yes, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust. Selah!

Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

6 A rise, O Lord, in Your anger; lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies; and awake for me the justice and vindication You have commanded.

Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

7 L et the assembly of the peoples be gathered about You, and return on high over them.

And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.

8 T he Lord judges the people; judge me, O Lord, and do me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.

9 O h, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; for You, Who try the hearts and emotions and thinking powers, are a righteous God.

O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

10 M y defense and shield depend on God, Who saves the upright in heart.

My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

11 G od is a righteous Judge, yes, a God Who is indignant every day.

God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

12 I f a man does not turn and repent, will whet His sword; He has strung and bent His bow and made it ready.

If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

13 H e has also prepared for him deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.

14 B ehold, conceives iniquity and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

15 H e made a pit and hollowed it out and has fallen into the hole which he made.

He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

16 H is mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down upon his own scalp.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His rightness and justice, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.