I Take Refuge in You 1 ULT Yahweh my God, in you I have taken refuge; save me from all my pursuers, 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 ULT Lest he rip my life apart like a lion, tearing apart, and there is no one to rescue. BSB BSB: or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 ULT Yahweh my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong on my hands, BSB BSB: O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
4 ULT if I have repaid evil{ to} one{ who was at} peace with me, or senselessly rescued my adversary, BSB BSB: if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
5 ULT let my enemy pursue my soul and overtake{ it}, and let him trample my life to the ground and cause my honor to live 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 ULT Arise, Yahweh! In your nose, be lifted with the rage of my adversaries! And wake up for me! You have ordered judgment. BSB BSB: Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
7 ULT And an assembly of peoples surround you, and over it return on high! BSB BSB: Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
8 ULT Yahweh, adjudicate the peoples! Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness and according to my integrity, Most High! BSB BSB: The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
9 ULT May the evil of the wicked end, and{ would} you establish the righteous. The righteous God examines hearts and kidneys. BSB BSB: Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
10 ULT My shield is with God, the savior of the upright of heart. BSB BSB: My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 ULT God is a righteous judge, and a God{ who is} indignant on every day. BSB BSB: God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
12 ULT If he does not repent, his sword he will sharpen, his bow he has bent and prepared. BSB BSB: If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
13 ULT And for him he has prepared implements of death; he has made his arrows into burning{ arrows}. BSB BSB: He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
14 ULT Behold he is pregnant with wickedness, and he conceives trouble, and he births lies. BSB BSB: Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
15 ULT He digs a pit and hollows it out and 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 ULT His trouble returns on his head, and his violence comes down on the top of his head. BSB BSB: His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
17 ULT I will thank Yahweh according to his righteousness, and sing praise to the name of Yahweh, 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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