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1 O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
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O Lord my God, in you I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,
2 lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
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or like a lion they will tear me apart; they will drag me away, with no one to rescue.
3 O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
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O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
4 if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
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if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause,
5 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
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then let the enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust. (Selah)
6 Arise, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
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Rise up, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake, O my God; you have appointed a judgment.
7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.
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Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered around you, and over it take your seat on high.
8 The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
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The Lord judges the peoples; 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 who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
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O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
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God is my shield, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.
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God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.
12 If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;
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If one does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;
13 he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
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he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.
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See how they conceive evil, and are pregnant with mischief, and bring forth lies.
15 He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.
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They make a pit, digging it out, and fall into the hole that they have made.
16 His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
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Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.
17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
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I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025
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