| International Standard Version | New International Version |
| 1LORD, my God, I seek refuge in you. Deliver me from those who persecute me! Rescue me! | 1A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, |
| 2Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me. | 2or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. |
| 3LORD, my God, if I have done this thing, if there is injustice on my hands, | 3LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands-- |
| 4if I have rewarded those who did me good with evil, if I have plundered my enemy without justification, | 4if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe-- |
| 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. | 5then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. |
| 6Get up, LORD, in your anger! Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies; Arouse yourself for me; you have ordained justice. | 6Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. |
| 7Let the assembly of the peoples gather around you, and you will sit high above them. | 7Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high. |
| 8For the LORD will judge the peoples. Judge me according to my righteousness, LORD, and according to my integrity, Exalted One. | 8Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High. |
| 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. | 9Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure-- you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts. |
| 10God is my shield, the one who delivers the upright in heart. | 10My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. |
| 11God is a righteous judge, a God who is angry with sinners every day. | 11God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day. |
| 12If the ungodly one doesn't repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will string his bow and prepare it. | 12If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow. |
| 13He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts. | 13He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. |
| 14But the wicked one travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies. | 14Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. |
| 15He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made. | 15Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made. |
| 16The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull. | 16The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads. |
| 17But as for me, I will praise the LORD for his righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High. | 17I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High. |
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