1. Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
2. or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3. Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—
4. if I have repaid my ally with evil 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.
6. Arise, 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, while you sit enthroned over them on high.
8. Let the Lord judge the peoples. Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.