1. Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
2. or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3. Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—
4. if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe—
5. then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.
6. Arise, Lord, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
7. Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.