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O Lord my God, in you do ImSee Ps. 11:1 take refuge;
nPs. 31:15 save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
2 lest likeoSee Job 10:16 a lion they tear my soul apart,
rending it in pieces, withpPs. 50:22 none to deliver.
3 O Lord my God,q[2 Sam. 16:7, 8] if I have done this,
if there isr1 Sam. 24:11; 26:18; [Ps. 59:3] wrong in my hands,
4 if I have repaidsPs. 55:20 my friend with evil
ort1 Sam. 24:7; 26:9 plundered my enemy without cause,
5 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
and let himuDan. 8:7; [Ps. 89:39] trample my life to the ground
and lay my glory in the dust. [foreign]Selah[/foreign]
6 vSee Ps. 3:7 Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
wPs. 94:2; Isa. 33:10 lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
xPs. 35:23; 44:23; 59:4; Job 8:6 awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
over it return on high.
8 The LordySee Ps. 58:11 judges the peoples;
zPs. 26:1; 35:24; 43:1; [Ps. 18:20] judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.
9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you whoaPs. 11:5; Job 23:10; [Ps. 139:1; 1 Sam. 16:7; 1 Chr. 28:9] testbPs. 26:2; Jer. 11:20; 17:10; 20:12; Rev. 2:23 the minds and hearts,
O righteous God!
10 My shield isc[Ps. 62:8] with God,
who savesd2 Chr. 29:34 the upright in heart.
11 God ise[Job 8:3] a righteous judge,
and a God who feelsfNah. 1:2, 6 indignation every day.
12 If a man does not repent, God willgDeut. 32:41 whet his sword;
he hashPs. 11:2; 37:14 bent andiPs. 21:12 readied his bow;
13 he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
making hisjSee Ps. 18:14 arrowsk[Eph. 6:16] fiery shafts.
14 Behold, the wicked manlJob 15:35; Isa. 59:4; [Isa. 33:11; James 1:15] conceives evil
and islJob 15:35; Isa. 59:4; [Isa. 33:11; James 1:15] pregnant with mischief
and gives birth to lies.
15 He makesmPs. 9:15; 57:6; 119:85; Prov. 26:27; 28:10; Eccles. 10:8 a pit, digging it out,
and falls into the hole that he has made.
16 Hisn[Ps. 94:23; 141:10; Judg. 9:24; 1 Kgs. 2:32; Esth. 7:10; 9:25; Prov. 5:22] mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
and I willoPs. 9:2 sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.