I Take Refuge in You 1 UEB Yahweh my God, I take refuge in you! Save me from all who chase me, and rescue 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 UEB Otherwise, they will rip me apart like a lion, tearing me in pieces with no one else able to bring me to safety. BSB BSB: or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 UEB Yahweh my God, if I have done this, and there is guilt on my hands— BSB BSB: O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
4 UEB if I have done evil to him who was at peace with me, or senselessly harmed my enemy without cause, then hear my words. BSB BSB: if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
5 UEB Then let my enemy pursue my life and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust. Selah 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 UEB Arise, Yahweh, in your anger; stand up against the rage of my enemies; wake up for my sake and carry out the righteous decrees that you have commanded for them. BSB BSB: Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
7 UEB The countries are assembled all around you; take once more your rightful place over them. BSB BSB: Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
8 UEB Yahweh, judge the nations; vindicate me, Yahweh, because I am righteous and innocent, Most High. BSB BSB: The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
9 UEB May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous people, righteous God, you who examine hearts and minds. BSB BSB: Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
10 UEB My shield comes from God, the one who saves the upright in heart. BSB BSB: My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 UEB God is a righteous judge, a God who is indignant each day. BSB BSB: God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
12 UEB If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword and will prepare his bow for battle. BSB BSB: If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
13 UEB He prepares to use weapons against him; he makes his arrows flaming shafts. BSB BSB: He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
14 UEB Think about the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, who gives birth to harmful lies. BSB BSB: Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
15 UEB He digs a pit and hollows it out and then falls into the hole he has made. BSB BSB: He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
16 UEB His own destructive plans return to his own head, for his violence comes down on his own head. BSB BSB: His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
17 UEB I will give thanks to Yahweh for his justice; I will sing praise to Yahweh 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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