| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, | 1LORD my God, I seek refuge in you; save me from all my pursuers and rescue me |
| 2lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver. | 2or they will tear me like a lion, ripping me apart with no one to rescue me. |
| 3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, | 3LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice on my hands, |
| 4if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, | 4if I have done harm to one at peace with me or have plundered my adversary without cause, |
| 5let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah | 5may an enemy pursue and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah |
| 6Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment. | 6Rise up, LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries; awake for me; you have ordained a judgment. |
| 7Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high. | 7Let the assembly of peoples gather around you; take your seat on high over it. |
| 8The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. | 8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity. |
| 9Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God! | 9Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. The one who examines the thoughts and emotions is a righteous God. |
| 10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. | 10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. |
| 11God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day. | 11God is a righteous judge and a God who shows his wrath every day. |
| 12If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow; | 12If anyone does not repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has strung his bow and made it ready. |
| 13he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. | 13He has prepared his deadly weapons; he tips his arrows with fire. |
| 14Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. | 14See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil, conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit. |
| 15He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. | 15He dug a pit and hollowed it out but fell into the hole he had made. |
| 16His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends. | 16His trouble comes back on his own head; his own violence comes down on top of his head. |
| 17I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High. | 17I will thank the LORD for his righteousness; I will sing about the name of the LORD Most High. |
| ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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