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1 I come to you for protection, O LORD my God. Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!
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I take refuge in you, LORD, my God. Save me from all who chase me! Rescue me!
2 If you don’t, they will maul me like a lion, tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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Otherwise, they will rip me apart, dragging me off with no chance of rescue.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,
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LORD, my God, if I have done this— if my hands have done anything wrong,
4 if I have betrayed a friend or plundered my enemy without cause,
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if I have repaid a friend with evil or oppressed a foe for no reason—
5 then let my enemies capture me. Let them trample me into the ground and drag my honor in the dust. Interlude
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then let my enemy not only chase but catch me, trampling my life into the ground, laying my reputation in the dirt. Selah
6 Arise, O LORD, in anger! Stand up against the fury of my enemies! Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
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Get up, LORD; get angry! Stand up against the fury of my foes! Wake up, my God; you command that justice be done!
7 Gather the nations before you. Rule over them from on high.
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Let the assembled peoples surround you. Rule them from on high!
8 The LORD judges the nations. Declare me righteous, O LORD, for I am innocent, O Most High!
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The LORD will judge the peoples. Establish justice for me, LORD, according to my righteousness and according to my integrity.
9 End the evil of those who are wicked, and defend the righteous. For you look deep within the mind and heart, O righteous God.
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Please let the evil of the wicked be over, but set the righteous firmly in place because you, the righteous God, are the one who examines hearts and minds.
10 God is my shield, saving those whose hearts are true and right.
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God is my shield; he saves those whose heart is right.
11 God is an honest judge. He is angry with the wicked every day.
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God is a righteous judge, a God who is angry at evil every single day.
12 If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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If someone doesn't change their ways, God will sharpen his sword, will bend his bow, will string an arrow.
13 He will prepare his deadly weapons and shoot his flaming arrows.
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God has deadly weapons in store for those who won't change; he gets his flaming arrows ready!
14 The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.
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But look how the wicked hatch evil, conceive trouble, give birth to lies!
15 They dig a deep pit to trap others, then fall into it themselves.
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They make a pit, dig it all out, and then fall right into the hole that they've made!
16 The trouble they make for others backfires on them. The violence they plan falls on their own heads.
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The trouble they cause will come back on their own heads; the violence they commit will come down on their own skulls.
17 I will thank the LORD because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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But I will thank the LORD for his righteousness; I will sing praises to the name of the LORD Most High.
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