| Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1LORD my God, I seek refuge in you; save me from all my pursuers and rescue me | 1A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers, |
| 2or they will tear me like a lion, ripping me apart with no one to rescue me. | 2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me. |
| 3LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice on my hands, | 3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, |
| 4if I have done harm to one at peace with me or have plundered my adversary without cause, | 4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, |
| 5may an enemy pursue and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah | 5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah |
| 6Rise up, LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries; awake for me; you have ordained a judgment. | 6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment. |
| 7Let the assembly of peoples gather around you; take your seat on high over it. | 7Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high. |
| 8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity. | 8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity. |
| 9Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. The one who examines the thoughts and emotions is a righteous God. | 9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds. |
| 10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. | 10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. |
| 11God is a righteous judge and a God who shows his wrath every day. | 11God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day. |
| 12If anyone does not repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has strung his bow and made it ready. | 12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow. |
| 13He has prepared his deadly weapons; he tips his arrows with fire. | 13He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire. |
| 14See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil, conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit. | 14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood. |
| 15He dug a pit and hollowed it out but fell into the hole he had made. | 15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. |
| 16His trouble comes back on his own head; his own violence comes down on top of his head. | 16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head. |
| 17I will thank the LORD for his righteousness; I will sing about the name of the LORD Most High. | 17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. |
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