1. O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me:
2. Lest he 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 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. Selah
6. Arise, O Lord, 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. The Lord ministereth judgment to the peoples: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
9. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10. My shield is with God, which 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.