1. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,
2. Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3. O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;
4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)
5. Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust.
6. Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
7. And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.
8. Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
9. O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
10. My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.
11. God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.
12. If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.
14. Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.