Yahweh judges the nations. O Yahweh, vindicate me according to my innocence and according to my integrity within me.

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish [the] righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.

If he does not repent, he will sharpen his sword. He has bent his bow and he has {strung} it.

And he has prepared for him weapons of death. He has made his arrows fiery shafts.

My shield [is] with God who saves the upright of heart.

God [is] a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.

O Yahweh, my God, in you I have taken refuge. Save me from all [who] pursue me, and deliver me.

He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in [the] trap he has made.

See, he travails with evil. He is pregnant with trouble, and he gives birth to deception.

I will thank Yahweh according to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of Yahweh, [the] Most High.

His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull.

if I have repaid {my ally} [with] harm, or [if] I have plundered my enemy without cause,

And let [the] assembly of peoples surround you, and over it return on high.

Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver.

let the enemy of my soul pursue, and overtake and trample my life into the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah

Rise up, O Yahweh, in your anger, and lift yourself up against the wrath of my oppressors, and awake for me, since you have commanded judgment.

O Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,