I Take Refuge in You 1 CPDV A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush, the son of Jemini. O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me: BSB BSB: A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
2 CPDV lest at any time, like a lion, he might seize my soul, while there is no one to redeem me, nor any who can save. BSB BSB: or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 CPDV O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this: BSB BSB: O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
4 CPDV if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies: BSB BSB: if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
5 CPDV let the enemy pursue my soul, and take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust. Pause BSB BSB: then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
6 CPDV Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded, BSB BSB: Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
7 CPDV and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high. BSB BSB: Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
8 CPDV The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me. BSB BSB: The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
9 CPDV The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God. BSB BSB: Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
10 CPDV Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart. BSB BSB: My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 CPDV God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day? BSB BSB: God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
12 CPDV Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready. BSB BSB: If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
13 CPDV And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire. BSB BSB: He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
14 CPDV Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity. BSB BSB: Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
15 CPDV He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made. BSB BSB: He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
16 CPDV His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point. BSB BSB: His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
17 CPDV I will confess to the Lord according to his justice, and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord Most High. BSB BSB: I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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