| | 1 | A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, | |
| | 2 | or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. | |
| | 3 | O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands-- | |
| | 4 | if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe-- | |
| | 5 | then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah | |
| | 6 | Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. | |
| | 7 | Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high; | |
| | 8 | let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High. | |
| | 9 | O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure. | |
| | 10 | My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. | |
| | 11 | God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day. | |
| | 12 | If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow. | |
| | 13 | He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. | |
| | 14 | He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment. | |
| | 15 | He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made. | |
| | 16 | The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head. | |
| | 17 | I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. | |
