1 O Lord my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue 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 O r he will tear my soul 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 injustice in my hands,

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

4 I f I have rewarded evil to my friend, Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary,

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 soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life down to the ground And lay my glory 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 adversaries, And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment.

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 encompass You, And over them return on high.

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

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

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 shield is with 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, And a God who has indignation every day.

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

12 I f a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has 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 Himself 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, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.

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

15 H e has dug 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 will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend 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 give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness And 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.