1 O Lord my God, in You I have put my trust. Save me from all those who come for me, and keep me safe.

Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

2 O r they will tear me like a lion, carrying me away where there is no one to help.

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

3 O Lord my God, if I have done this, and there is guilt on my hands,

Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

4 i f I have done wrong to him who was at peace with me, or without a reason have robbed him who worked against me,

if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

5 l et him who hates me come for me and catch me. Let him break me under his feet until I die, and lay my honor in the dust.

let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

6 R ise up in Your anger, O Lord. Rise up against the anger of those who hate me. Awake, my God, and help me. Prove what is right.

Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

7 L et the people gather around You, and rule over them from Your throne.

Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.

8 M ay the Lord judge which people are guilty or not. O Lord, judge in my favor if I am right with You, and if I am without blame.

Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.

9 L et the sins of the sinful stop. But build up those who are right with You. For the God Who is right and good tests both the hearts and the minds.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

10 I am kept safe by God, Who saves those who are pure in heart.

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

11 G od is always right in how He judges. He is angry with the sinful every day.

God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.

12 I f a man is not sorry for his sins and will not turn from them, God will make His sword sharp. He will string His bow and make it ready.

If a man doesn’t relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.

13 H e takes up His sword and the bow of death. And He makes arrows of fire.

He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.

14 S ee how the sinful man thinks up sins and plans trouble and lies start growing inside him.

Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.

15 H e has dug out a deep hole, and has fallen into the hole he has dug.

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

16 T he trouble he makes will return to him. When he hurts others it will come down on his own head.

The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

17 I will give thanks to the Lord because He is right and good. I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.