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Jehovah implored to defend the Psalmist against the Wicked. Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. 1 O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge:Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me, 2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion,Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this;If there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;(Yes, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;) 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;Yes, let him tread my life down to the earth,And lay my glory in the dust. {Selah 6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger;Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries,And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment. 7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about;And over them return thou on high. 8 Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples:Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me. 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous:For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts. 10 My shield is with God,Who saveth the upright in heart. 11 God is a righteous judge,Yes, a God that hath indignation every day. 12 If a man turn not, he will whet his sword;He hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;He maketh his arrows fiery shafts. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity;Yes, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it,And is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head,And his violence shall come down upon his own pate. 17 I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness,And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
1 O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge:Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me, 2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion,Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this;If there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;(Yes, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;) 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;Yes, let him tread my life down to the earth,And lay my glory in the dust. {Selah 6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger;Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries,And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment. 7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about;And over them return thou on high. 8 Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples:Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me. 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous:For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts. 10 My shield is with God,Who saveth the upright in heart. 11 God is a righteous judge,Yes, a God that hath indignation every day. 12 If a man turn not, he will whet his sword;He hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;He maketh his arrows fiery shafts. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity;Yes, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it,And is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head,And his violence shall come down upon his own pate. 17 I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness,And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.