1 ` The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.

O Lord my God, in You I take refuge and put my trust; save me from all those who pursue and persecute me, and deliver me,

2 L est he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.

Lest my foe tear my life like a lion, dragging me away while there is none to deliver.

3 O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,

O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

4 I f I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,

If I have paid back with evil him who was at peace with me or without cause have robbed him who was my enemy,

5 A n enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.

Let the enemy pursue my life and take it; yes, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust. Selah!

6 R ise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:

Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies; and awake for me the justice and vindication You have commanded.

7 A nd a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back,

Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about You, and return on high over them.

8 J ehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me,

The Lord judges the people; judge me, O Lord, and do me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

9 L et, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; for You, Who try the hearts and emotions and thinking powers, are a righteous God.

10 M y shield on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!

My defense and shield depend on God, Who saves the upright in heart.

11 G od a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.

God is a righteous Judge, yes, a God Who is indignant every day.

12 I f turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden -- He prepareth it,

If a man does not turn and repent, will whet His sword; He has strung and bent His bow and made it ready.

13 Y ea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.

He has also prepared for him deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

14 L o, he travaileth iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.

Behold, conceives iniquity and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.

15 A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

He made a pit and hollowed it out and has fallen into the hole which he made.

16 R eturn doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.

His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down upon his own scalp.

17 I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High!

I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His rightness and justice, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.