1Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Yehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Yehovah my God, in you I take refuge: Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3O Yehovah my God, if I have done this; If there is iniquity in my hands;
4If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (Indeed, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary);
5Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. [Selah
6Arise, O Yehovah, in your anger; Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries, And awake for me; you have commanded judgment.
7And let the congregation of the peoples surround you; And over them return on high.
8Yehovah ministers judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Yehovah, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous: For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
10My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart.
11God is a righteous judge, Yes, a God who has indignation every day.
12If a man does not turn, he will whet his sword; He has bent his bow, and made it ready;
13He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; He makes his arrows fiery shafts.
14Behold, he travails with iniquity; Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15He has made a pit, and dug it, And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
16His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own crown.
17I will give thanks to Yehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Yehovah Most High.