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 put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute 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 me like a lion, Rending me 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 Lord my God, if I have done this: If there is 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 repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, Or have plundered my enemy without cause,

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 me and overtake me; Yes, let him trample my life to the earth, And lay my honor 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 Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies; Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded!

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

So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You; For their sakes, therefore, 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 shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within 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.

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.

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

My defense is of 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 just judge, And God is angry with the wicked 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 he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready.

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

He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.

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

Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.

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

He made a pit and dug it out, And has 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 trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.

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 praise the Lord according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.