Skip to content- 1Verse 1. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
- 2Verse 2. or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- 3Verse 3. O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
- 4Verse 4. if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
- 5Verse 5. then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
- 6Verse 6. Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- 7Verse 7. Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
- 8Verse 8. The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- 9Verse 9. Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
- 10Verse 10. My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
- 11Verse 11. God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
- 12Verse 12. If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- 13Verse 13. He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
- 14Verse 14. Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
- 15Verse 15. He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
- 16Verse 16. His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- 17Verse 17. I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.