1. O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;save me from all those who persecute 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 Lord my God, if I have done this,if there is iniquity in the palms of my hands,
4. if I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,or have delivered my adversary without cause,
5. then may the enemy pursue my life and overtake me;may my enemy trample my life to the ground,and lay my honor in the dust. Selah
6. Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;rise up because of the rage of my adversaries,and awaken Yourself for me; You have commanded justice.
7. The congregation of the peoples surround You;return above it to heaven’s heights.
8. The Lord will judge the peoples;grant me justice, O Lord, according to my righteousness,and according to my integrity within me.
9. May the evil of the wicked come to an end;may You vindicate the righteous one;You are a righteous God who examines the minds and hearts.
10. My defense depends on God,who saves the upright in heart.
11. God is a righteous judge,and God has indignation every day.
12. If one does not repent,God will sharpen His sword;He has bent His bow and made it ready.
13. He has prepared for Himself deadly weapons;He makes His arrows flaming shafts.
14. The wicked man writhes in pain of iniquity;he has conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.
15. He who digs a hole and hollows itwill then fall into his own pit.
16. His mischief will return on his own head;his violence will descend on the crown of his own head.
17. I will thank the Lord according to His righteousness,and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.