In You I Have Taken Refuge
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Yahweh concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
O Yahweh my God, ain You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and bdeliver me,
2 Lest he tear my soul alike a lion,
Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
If there is ainjustice in my hands,
4 If I have arewarded evil to him who is at peace with me,
Or have bplundered my adversary without cause,
5 Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. Selah.
6 aArise, O Yahweh, in Your anger;
bLift up Yourself against cthe fury of my adversaries,
And darouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment.
7 Let the congregation of the apeoples encompass You,
And over them return on high.
8 Yahweh ajudges the peoples;
bGive justice to me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
9 O let athe evil of the wicked come to an end, but bestablish the righteous;
For the righteous God ctests the hearts and minds.
10 My ashield is with God,
Who bsaves the upright in heart.
11 God is a arighteous judge,
And a God who has bindignation every day.
12 If a man adoes not repent, He will bsharpen His sword;
He has cbent His bow and prepared it.
13 He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His aarrows fiery shafts.
14 Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he aconceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.
15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has afallen into the hole which he made.
16 His amischief will return upon his own head,
And his bviolence will descend upon his own skull.
17 I will give thanks to Yahweh aaccording to His righteousness
And will bsing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.