| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. Yahweh 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. |
| 3Yahweh 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, God 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, and his violence falls on the 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 Yahweh the 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. |
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