| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, | 1LORD, my God, I seek refuge in you. Deliver me from those who persecute me! Rescue me! |
| 2Or he will tear my soul like a lion, Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver. | 2Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me. |
| 3O LORD my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands, | 3LORD, my God, if I have done this thing, if there is injustice on my hands, |
| 4If I have rewarded evil to my friend, Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary, | 4if I have rewarded those who did me good with evil, if I have plundered my enemy without justification, |
| 5Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life down to the ground And lay my glory in the dust. Selah. | 5then, let my enemy pursue me, let him overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground. Interlude Let him put my honor into the dust. |
| 6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries, And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment. | 6Get up, LORD, in your anger! Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies; Arouse yourself for me; you have ordained justice. |
| 7Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You, And over them return on high. | 7Let the assembly of the peoples gather around you, and you will sit high above them. |
| 8The LORD judges the peoples; Vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me. | 8For the LORD will judge the peoples. Judge me according to my righteousness, LORD, and according to my integrity, Exalted One. |
| 9O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds. | 9Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts. |
| 10My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart. | 10God is my shield, the one who delivers the upright in heart. |
| 11God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day. | 11God is a righteous judge, a God who is angry with sinners every day. |
| 12If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready. | 12If the ungodly one doesn't repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will string his bow and prepare it. |
| 13He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. | 13He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts. |
| 14Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood. | 14But the wicked one travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies. |
| 15He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made. | 15He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made. |
| 16His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate. | 16The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull. |
| 17I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. | 17But as for me, I will praise the LORD for his righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High. |
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