1 J ehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;

2 L est he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.

3 J ehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;

4 I f I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)

5 L et the enemy pursue after my soul, and take, and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

6 A rise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.

7 A nd the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high.

8 J ehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.

9 O h let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.

10 M y shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.

11 G od is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant all the day.

12 I f one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,

13 A nd he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.

14 B ehold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

15 H e digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.

16 H is mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

17 I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.