I Take Refuge in You

A Shiggaion (Shiggaion)a of David (beloved), which he sang to the LORD {YHWH} concerning the words of Cush (black), a Benjamite (son of the right hand).

1 O LORD my God {YHWH Elohay}, I take refuge in You;

save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

2or they will shred my soul like a lion

and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

3O LORD my God {YHWH Elohay}, if I have done this,

if injustice is on my hands,

4if I have rewarded my ally \the one at peace with me/b with evil,

if I have plundered my foe without cause,

5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me;

may he trample me to the ground

and leave my honor in the dust.

Selah

6Arise, O LORD {YHWH}, in Your anger;

rise up against the fury of my enemies.

Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

7Let the assembled peoples gather around You;

take Your seat over them on high.

8The LORD {YHWH} judges the peoples;

vindicate me, O LORD,

according to my righteousness and integrity.

9Put an end to the evil of the wicked,

but establish the righteous,

O righteous God {Elohim} who searches hearts and minds \hearts and kidneys/.c

10My shield is with God {Elohim},

who saves the upright in heart.

11God {Elohim} is a righteous judge

and a God who feels indignation each day.

12If one does not repent,

God will sharpen His sword;

He has bent and strung His bow.

13He has prepared His deadly weapons;

He ordains His arrows with fire.

14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil;

he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out;

he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

16His trouble recoils on himself,

and his violence falls on his own head.

17I will thank the LORD {YHWH} for His righteousness

and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.