^{1 Ref} > Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

^{2 Ref} Lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, Ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

^{3 Ref} Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,

^{4 Ref} If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (Yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

^{5 Ref} 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 Ref} Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

^{7 Ref} Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.

^{8 Ref} Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, And to my integrity that is in me.

^{9 Ref} 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 Ref} My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart.

^{11 Ref} God is a righteous judge, Yes, a God who has indignation every day.

^{12 Ref} If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; He has bent and strung his bow.

^{13 Ref} He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.

^{14 Ref} Behold, he travails with iniquity; Yes, he has conceived mischief, And brought forth falsehood.

^{15 Ref} He has dug a hole, And has fallen into the pit which he made.

^{16 Ref} The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

^{17 Ref} I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.

^{1 Ref} <Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;

^{2 Ref} So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

^{3 Ref} O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

^{4 Ref} If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

^{5 Ref} Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

^{6 Ref} Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

^{7 Ref} The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.

^{8 Ref} The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

^{9 Ref} O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

^{10 Ref} God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.

^{11 Ref} God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day.

^{12 Ref} If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

^{13 Ref} He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

^{14 Ref} That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

^{15 Ref} He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

^{16 Ref} His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

^{17 Ref} I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.