1. O Lord, fight those who fight with me!Attack those who attack me!
2. Grab your small shield and large shield,and rise up to help me!
3. Use your spear and lance against those who chase me!Assure me with these words: “I am your deliverer!”
4. May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated!May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!
5. May they be like wind-driven chaff,as the Lord’s angel attacks them!
6. May their path be dark and slippery,as the Lord’s angel chases them!
7. I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch meand dug a pit to trap me.
8. Let destruction take them by surprise!Let the net they hid catch them!Let them fall into destruction!
9. Then I will rejoice in the Lordand be happy because of his deliverance.
10. With all my strength I will say,“O Lord, who can compare to you?You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them;the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”
11. Violent men perjure themselves,and falsely accuse me.
12. They repay me evil for the good I have done;I am overwhelmed with sorrow.