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I Take Refuge in You
{Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;
{Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;
or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.
Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands —
and there is guilt on my hands —
Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;
if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause have robbed my foe —
or without cause have robbed my foe —
If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)
Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take [it], and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
Arise, Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.
Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.
while you sit enthroned over them on high.
And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high.
Let the Lord judge the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.
Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.
Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure —
you, the righteous God
who probes minds and hearts.
and make the righteous secure —
you, the righteous God
who probes minds and hearts.
Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.
My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.
God is a righteous judge,
a God who displays his wrath every day.
a God who displays his wrath every day.
God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant all the day.
If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,
He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.
he makes ready his flaming arrows.
And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.
Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:
Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit they have made.
falls into the pit they have made.
He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.
The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.
their violence comes down on their own heads.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.