1 ¶ O LORD my God, in thee I have put my trust: save me from all those that persecute me, and deliver me

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

2 L est they take my soul, as a lion dismembers his prey when there is none to deliver.

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

3 O LORD my God, if I have done this: if there is iniquity in my hands,

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

4 i f I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me, then let my persecutor escape without retribution.

If 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 persecute my soul, and take it; let him tread down my life upon the earth and lay my honour in the dust. Selah.

Let 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, O LORD, in thine anger; lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake the judgment in my favour that thou hast commanded.

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

7 S o shall the congregation of the people compass thee about, for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

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

8 T he LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

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

9 L et wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys.

Oh 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 ¶ My shield is in God, he who saves the upright in heart.

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

11 G od is he who judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

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

12 I f he does not turn, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow and made it ready.

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

13 H e has also prepared for him the weapons of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.

And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.

14 B ehold, he travails with iniquity and has conceived of his own work and brought forth falsehood.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

15 H e made a pit and deepened it and shall fall into the ditch which he made.

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

16 H is work shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

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

17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

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