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

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

3 Y ahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

4 i f 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 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 A rise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

7 L et the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.

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

9 O h 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 M y shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

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

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

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

14 B ehold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.

15 H e has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

16 T he 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 Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.