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| 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, | 1O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, |
| 2or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. | 2lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver. |
| 3LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands-- | 3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, |
| 4if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe-- | 4if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, |
| 5then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. | 5let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah |
| 6Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. | 6Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment. |
| 7Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high. | 7Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high. |
| 8Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High. | 8The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. |
| 9Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure-- you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts. | 9Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God! |
| 10My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. | 10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. |
| 11God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day. | 11God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day. |
| 12If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow. | 12If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow; |
| 13He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. | 13he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. |
| 14Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. | 14Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. |
| 15Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made. | 15He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. |
| 16The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads. | 16His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends. |
| 17I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High. | 17I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High. |
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