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1 LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
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A shiggayon of David, which he sang to ADONAI because of Kush the Ben-Y'mini: ADONAI my God, in you I take refuge. Save me from all my pursuers, and rescue me;
2 or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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otherwise, they will maul me like a lion and tear me apart, with no rescuer present.
3 LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—
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ADONAI my God, if I have caused this, if there is guilt on my hands,
4 if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe—
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if I paid back evil to him who was at peace with me, when I even spared those who opposed me without cause;
5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.
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then let the enemy pursue me until he overtakes me and tramples my life down into the earth; yes, let him lay my honor in the dust. (Selah)
6 Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
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Rise up, ADONAI, in your anger! Arouse yourself against the fury of my foes. Wake up for me; you commanded justice.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.
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May the assembly of the peoples surround you; may you return to rule over them from on high.
8 Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
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ADONAI, who dispenses judgment to the peoples, judge me, ADONAI, according to my righteousness and as my integrity deserves.
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure— you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.
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Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and establish the righteous; since you, righteous God, test hearts and minds.
10 My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
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My shield is God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.
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God is a righteous judge, a God whose anger is present every day.
12 If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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If a person will not repent, he sharpens his sword. He has bent his bow, made it ready;
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
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he has also prepared for him weapons of death, his arrows, which he has made into burning shafts.
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
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Look how the wicked is pregnant with evil; he conceives trouble, gives birth to lies.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.
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He makes a pit, digs it deep, and falls into the hole he made.
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.
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His mischief will return onto his own head, his violence will recoil onto his own skull.
17 I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.
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I thank ADONAI for his righteousness and sing praise to the name of ADONAI 'Elyon.
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