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 Lord my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who 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.

Or he will tear my soul like a lion, Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.

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

O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice 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 to my friend, Or have plundered him who without cause was my 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; And let him trample my life down to the ground 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 Lord, in Your anger; Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries, And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment.

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

Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You, And over them return 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.

The Lord judges the peoples; Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my 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 evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

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

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

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

God is a righteous judge, And a God who has 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 does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.

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

He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

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

Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.

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

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole 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 will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend 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 to the Lord according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.