Good News Translation GNT
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 O Lord, my God, I come to you for protection; rescue me and save me from all who pursue me,
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A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush a Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in thee do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,
2 or else like a lion they will carry me off where no one can save me, and there they will tear me to pieces.
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lest like a lion they rend me, dragging me away, with none to rescue.
3 O Lord, my God, if I have wronged anyone, if I have betrayed a friend or without cause done violence to my enemy - if I have done any of these things -
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O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
5 then let my enemies pursue me and catch me, let them cut me down and kill me and leave me lifeless on the ground!
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let the enemy pursue me and overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust. [Selah]
6 Rise in your anger, O Lord! Stand up against the fury of my enemies; rouse yourself and help me! Justice is what you demand,
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Arise, O LORD, in thy anger, lift thyself up against the fury of my enemies; awake, O my God; thou hast appointed a judgment.
7 so bring together all the peoples around you, and rule over them from above.
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Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about thee; and over it take thy seat on high.
8 You are the judge of all people. Judge in my favor, O Lord; you know that I am innocent.
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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 You are a righteous God and judge our thoughts and desires. Stop the wickedness of evildoers and reward those who are good.
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O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.
10 God is my protector; he saves those who obey him.
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My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge and always condemns the wicked.
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God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.
12 If they do not change their ways, God will sharpen his sword. He bends his bow and makes it ready;
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If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;
13 he takes up his deadly weapons and aims his burning arrows.
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he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
14 See how wicked people think up evil; they plan trouble and practice deception.
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Behold, the wicked man conceives evil, and is pregnant with mischief, and brings forth lies.
15 But in the traps they set for others, they themselves get caught.
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He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole which he has made.
16 So they are punished by their own evil and are hurt by their own violence.
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His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.
17 I thank the Lord for his justice; I sing praises to the Lord, the Most High.
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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.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.