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1LORD my God, I seek refuge in you; save me from all my pursuers and rescue me

1LORD, my God, I seek refuge in you. Deliver me from those who persecute me! Rescue me!

2or they will tear me like a lion, ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

2Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me.

3LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice on my hands,

3LORD, my God, if I have done this thing, if there is injustice 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 those who did me good with evil, if I have plundered my enemy without justification,

5may an enemy pursue and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

5then, let my enemy pursue me, let him overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground. Interlude Let him put my honor into the dust.

6Rise up, LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries; awake for me; you have ordained a judgment.

6Get up, LORD, in your anger! Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies; Arouse yourself for me; you have ordained justice.

7Let the assembly of peoples gather around you; take your seat on high over it.

7Let the assembly of the peoples gather around you, and you will sit high above them.

8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity.

8For the LORD will judge the peoples. Judge me according to my righteousness, LORD, and according to my integrity, Exalted One.

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.

9Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts.

10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

10God is my shield, the one who delivers the upright in heart.

11God is a righteous judge and a God who shows his wrath every day.

11God is a righteous judge, a God who is angry with sinners every day.

12If anyone does not repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has strung his bow and made it ready.

12If the ungodly one doesn't repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will string his bow and prepare it.

13He has prepared his deadly weapons; he tips his arrows with fire.

13He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.

14See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil, conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.

14But the wicked one travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies.

15He dug a pit and hollowed it out but fell into the hole he had made.

15He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.

16His trouble comes back on his own head; his own violence comes down on top of his head.

16The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull.

17I will thank the LORD for his righteousness; I will sing about the name of the LORD Most High.

17But as for me, I will praise the LORD for his righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High.