7 O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge:
Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,
² Lest they tear my soul like a lion,
Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
³ O Jehovah my God, if I have done this;
If there be iniquity in my hands;
⁴ If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me
(Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)
⁵ Let 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
⁶ Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger;
Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries,
And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
^7 [a]And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about;
And over them return thou on high.
⁸ Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples:
Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity ^[b]that is in me.
⁹ Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous:
For the righteous God trieth the minds and ^[c]hearts.
¹⁰ My shield is with God,
Who saveth the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is a righteous judge,
Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.
^12 [d]If a man turn not, he will whet his sword;
He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;
¹³ He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;
He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.
¹⁴ Behold, he travaileth with iniquity;
Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
¹⁵ He hath made a pit, and digged it,
And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
¹⁶ His mischief shall return upon his own head,
And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
¹⁷ I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness,
And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.