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.
6. (7) Arise, Hashem, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself because of the rage of mine enemies; awake, o my El, to the mishpat Thou hast decreed.
7. (8) So let the Adat l'Umim surround Thee; and over it return Thou on high [to judge].
8. (9) Hashem shall judge the people; judge me, Hashem, according to my tzedek, and according to mine integrity that is in me.