1 LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2 lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 LORD, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
5 let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
6 Arise, LORD, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
7 Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.
8 The LORD administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
12 If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
13 He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.