1. Hashem Elohai, in Thee do I seek refuge; hoshieini (save me) from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;
2. (3) Lest he tear my nefesh like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to rescue.
3. (4) Hashem Elohai, if I have done this; if there be guilt in my hands;
4. (5) If I have recompensed with evil him that held out shalom unto me; or, without cause plundered my opposers,
5. (6) Then let the enemy persecute my nefesh, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay mine kavod to sleep in the dust. Selah.