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A Meditation [fn] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;Save me from all those who persecute me;And deliver me,

O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.

Lest they tear me like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.

O LORD my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands,

O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;)

If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, Or have plundered my enemy without cause,

if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; Yes, let him trample my life to the earth, And lay my honor in the dust.Selah

Let the enemy persecute my soul, an take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.

Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies;Rise up for me [fn] to the judgment You have commanded!

Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.

So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You; For their sakes, therefore, return on high.

And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this cause do thou return on high.

The LORD shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.

The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.

Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.

My defense is of God, Who saves the upright in heart.

My help is righteous, coming from God who saves the upright in heart.

God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day.

God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day.

If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready.

If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.

He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.

And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.

Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.

Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.

He made a pit and dug it out, And has fallen into the ditch which he made.

He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.

His trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.

His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.