1. O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;

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

2. lest they tear my soul like a lion,

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

3. O Lord my God, if I have done this,

3. if there is iniquity in the palms of my hands,

4. if I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,

4. or have delivered my adversary without cause,

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

5. may my enemy trample my life to the ground,

5. and lay my honor in the dust. Selah

6. Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;

6. rise up because of the rage of my adversaries,

6. and awaken Yourself for me; You have commanded justice.

7. The congregation of the peoples surround You;

7. return above it to heaven’s heights.

8. The Lord will judge the peoples;

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

8. and according to my integrity within me.

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

9. may You vindicate the righteous one;

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

10. My defense depends on God,

10. who saves the upright in heart.

11. God is a righteous judge,

11. and God has indignation every day.

12. If one does not repent,

12. God will sharpen His sword;

12. He has bent His bow and made it ready.

13. He has prepared for Himself deadly weapons;

13. He makes His arrows flaming shafts.

14. The wicked man writhes in pain of iniquity;

14. he has conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.

15. He who digs a hole and hollows it

15. will then fall into his own pit.

16. His mischief will return on his own head;

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

17. I will thank the Lord according to His righteousness,

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