¹O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;[#Ps 11:1]

save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me,

²lest they tear my soul like a lion,[#Isa 38:13]

rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

³O Lord my God, if I have done this,

if there is iniquity in the palms of my hands,

⁴if I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,[#Ps 55:20]

or have delivered my adversary without cause,

⁵then may the enemy pursue my life and overtake me;

may my enemy trample my life to the ground,

and lay my honor in the dust. Selah

⁶Arise, O Lord , in Your anger;[#Ps 3:7; 44:23]

rise up because of the rage of my adversaries,

and awaken Yourself for me; You have commanded justice.

⁷So shall the congregation of the peoples surround You;

For their sakes, therefore, return on high.

⁸The Lord will judge the peoples;

grant me justice, O Lord , according to my righteousness,

and according to my integrity within me.

⁹May the evil of the wicked come to an end;

may You vindicate the righteous;

You are a righteous God who examines the minds and hearts.

¹⁰My defense depends on God,

who saves the upright in heart.

¹¹God is a righteous judge,

and God has indignation every day.

¹²If a man does not repent,

God will sharpen His sword;

He has bent His bow and made it ready.

¹³He has prepared for Himself deadly weapons;

He makes His arrows flaming shafts.

¹⁴Behold, the wicked man writhes in pain of iniquity;

he has conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.

¹⁵He who digs a hole and hollows it

will then fall into his own pit.

¹⁶His mischief will return on his own head;[#1Ki 2:32; Est 9:25]

his violence will descend on the crown of his own head.

¹⁷I will thank the Lord according to His righteousness,[#Ps 71:15–16]

and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.