1. O Lord my God, in You I take refuge and put my trust; save me from all those who pursue and persecute me, and deliver me,
2. Lest my foe tear my life [from my body] like a lion, dragging me away while there is none to deliver.
3. O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
4. If I have paid back with evil him who was at peace with me or without cause have robbed him who was my enemy,
5. Let the enemy pursue my life and take it; yes, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
6. Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies; and awake [and stir up] for me the justice and vindication [that] You have commanded.
7. Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about You, and return on high over them.