1O LORD my God, in thee do I take refuge. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, 2lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands, 4if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, (yea, I have delivered him without cause who was my adversary), 5let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it. Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. 6Arise, O LORD, in thine anger. Lift up thyself against the rage of my adversaries, and awake for me the justice thou have commanded. 7And let the congregation of the peoples encompass thee about, and return thou on high over them. 8LORD shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me. 9O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts. 10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. 11God is a righteous judge. Yea, a God who has indignation every day. 12If a man does not repent, he will whet his sword. He has bent his bow, and made it ready. 13He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery. 14Behold [the wicked man], he travails with iniquity. Yea, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp. 17I will give thanks to LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of LORD Most High.