2. Like a lion they will tear me to piecesand drag me off with no one to rescue me.
3. O Lord my God,if I have done this—if my hands are stained with injustice,
4. if I have paid back my friend with evilor rescued someone who has no reason to attack me—
5. then let the enemy chase me and catch me.Let him trample my life into the ground.Let him lay my honor in the dust. Selah
6. Arise in anger, O Lord.Stand up against the fury of my attackers.Wake up, my God.You have already pronounced judgment.
7. Let an assembly of people gather around you.Take your seat high above them.
8. The Lord judges the people of the world.Judge me, O Lord,according to my righteousness,according to my integrity.
9. Let the evil within wicked people come to an end,but make the righteous person secure,O righteous God who examines thoughts and emotions.
10. My shield is God above,who saves those whose motives are decent.
11. God is a fair judge,a God who is angered by injustice every day.
12. If a person does not change, God sharpens his sword.By bending his bow, he makes it ready ⌊to shoot⌋.