I Take Refuge in You 1 DRA O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver 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 DRA Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save. BSB BSB: or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 DRA O Lord my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands: BSB BSB: O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
4 DRA If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies. BSB BSB: if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
5 DRA Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust. 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 DRA Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies. And arise, O Lord my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded: BSB BSB: Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
7 DRA And a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for their sakes return thou on high. BSB BSB: Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
8 DRA The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me. BSB BSB: The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
9 DRA The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought: and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins 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 DRA Just is my help from the Lord: who saveth the upright of heart. BSB BSB: My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 DRA God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day? BSB BSB: God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
12 DRA Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword: he hath bent 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 DRA And in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn. BSB BSB: He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
14 DRA Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity. BSB BSB: Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
15 DRA He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made. BSB BSB: He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
16 DRA His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown. BSB BSB: His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
17 DRA I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice: and will sing to the name of the Lord the 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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