LEB(i)
1 A Shiggaion* of David which he sang to Yahweh on account of Cush, a Benjaminite.*
O Yahweh, my God, in you I have taken refuge. Save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me. 2 Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none to deliver. 3 O Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, 4 if I have repaid ⌊my ally⌋* with harm, or if I have plundered my enemy without cause, 5 let the enemy of my soul pursue, and overtake and trample my life into the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah 6 Rise up, O Yahweh, in your anger, and lift yourself up against the wrath* of my oppressors, and awake for me, since you have commanded judgment. 7 And let the assembly of peoples surround you, and over it return on high. 8 Yahweh judges the nations. O Yahweh, vindicate me according to my innocence* and according to my integrity within me. 9 Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God. 10 My shield is with God who saves the upright of heart. 11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day. 12 If he* does not repent, he* will sharpen his sword. He has bent his bow and he has ⌊strung⌋* it. 13 And he has prepared for him weapons of death. He has made his arrows fiery shafts. 14 See, he* travails with* evil. He is pregnant with trouble, and he gives birth to deception. 15 He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in the trap he has made. 16 His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull. 17 I will thank Yahweh according to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of Yahweh, the Most High.
O Yahweh, my God, in you I have taken refuge. Save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me. 2 Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none to deliver. 3 O Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, 4 if I have repaid ⌊my ally⌋* with harm, or if I have plundered my enemy without cause, 5 let the enemy of my soul pursue, and overtake and trample my life into the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah 6 Rise up, O Yahweh, in your anger, and lift yourself up against the wrath* of my oppressors, and awake for me, since you have commanded judgment. 7 And let the assembly of peoples surround you, and over it return on high. 8 Yahweh judges the nations. O Yahweh, vindicate me according to my innocence* and according to my integrity within me. 9 Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God. 10 My shield is with God who saves the upright of heart. 11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day. 12 If he* does not repent, he* will sharpen his sword. He has bent his bow and he has ⌊strung⌋* it. 13 And he has prepared for him weapons of death. He has made his arrows fiery shafts. 14 See, he* travails with* evil. He is pregnant with trouble, and he gives birth to deception. 15 He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in the trap he has made. 16 His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull. 17 I will thank Yahweh according to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of Yahweh, the Most High.