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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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Lord my God, I trust in you for protection. Save me and rescue me from those who are chasing 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, like a lion they will tear me apart. They will rip me to pieces, and no one can save me.
3 LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—
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Lord my God, what have I done? Have my hands done something wrong?
4 if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe—
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Have I done wrong to my friend or stolen without reason from my enemy?
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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If I have, let my enemy chase me and capture me. Let him trample me into the dust and bury me in the ground.Selah
6 Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
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Lord, rise up in your anger; stand up against my enemies' anger. Get up and demand fairness.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.
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Gather the nations around you and rule them from above.
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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Lord, judge the people. Lord, defend me because I am right, because I have done no wrong, God Most High.
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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God, you do what is right. You know our thoughts and feelings. Stop those wicked actions done by evil people, and help those who do what is right.
10 My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
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God protects me like a shield; he saves those whose hearts are right.
11 God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.
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God judges by what is right, and God is always ready to punish the wicked.
12 If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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If they do not change their lives, God will sharpen his sword; he will string his bow and take aim.
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
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He has prepared his deadly weapons; he has made his flaming arrows.
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
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There are people who think up evil and plan trouble and tell lies.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.
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They dig a hole to trap others, but they will fall into it themselves.
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.
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They will get themselves into trouble; the violence they cause will hurt only themselves.
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 praise the Lord because he does what is right. I sing praises to the Lord Most High. For the director of music. On the gittith. A psalm of David.