“O Lord my God, in You I put my

trust;

Save me from all those who

persecute me;

And deliver me,

Lest they tear me like a lion,

Rending me in pieces, while there is

none to deliver.

O Lord my God, if I have done this:

If there is iniquity in my hands,

If I have repaid evil to him who was

at peace with me,

Or have plundered my enemy

without cause,

Let the enemy pursue me and

overtake me;

Yes, let him trample my life to the

earth,

And lay my honor in the dust.

Selah

Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;

Lift Yourself up because of the rage

of my enemies;

Rise up for me to the judgment You

have commanded!

So the congregation of the peoples

shall surround You;

For their sakes, therefore, return on

high.

The Lord shall judge the peoples;

Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness,

And according to my integrity within

me.

Oh, let the wickedness of the

wicked come to an end,

But establish the just;

For the righteous God tests the

hearts and minds.

My defense is of God,

Who saves the upright in heart.

God is a just judge,

And God is angry with the wicked

every day.

If he does not turn back,

He will sharpen His sword;

He bends His bow and makes it

ready.

He also prepares for Himself

instruments of death;

He makes His arrows into fiery

shafts.

Behold, the wicked brings forth

iniquity;

Yes, he conceives trouble and brings

forth falsehood.

He made a pit and dug it out,

And has fallen into the ditch which

he made.

His trouble shall return upon his

own head,

And his violent dealing shall come

down on his own crown.

I will praise the Lord according to

His righteousness,

And will sing praise to the name of

the Lord Most High.”