I Take Refuge in You 1 UST Yahweh my God, I have come to you so that you can protect me. Save me from everyone who is chasing me{ in order to harm me}. 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 UST If you do not do that, they will maul me like a lion{ does when it attacks the animals it wants to kill}; they shred me and there is not a rescuer. BSB BSB: or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 UST My God Yahweh, suppose that I have done these things, that I am really guilty. BSB BSB: O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
4 UST Suppose that I have harmed my ally,{ maybe} I{ was unfaithful to my ally and instead} rescued an enemy for no reason. BSB BSB: if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
5 UST Then allow my enemies to chase and capture me. Allow them to stomp me into the ground and leave me lying{ dead} in the dirt. 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 UST Get up Yahweh! Because you are angry, show that you are greater than what my furious enemies can do! Be alert so you can rescue me by doing what you have said is just! BSB BSB: Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
7 UST The people of all nations gather around you; return to ruling over them all! BSB BSB: Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
8 UST Yahweh, judge the people of all nations! Decide favorably for me, Yahweh, because I am righteous and honorable{ before you the} highest judge. BSB BSB: The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
9 UST God, you are righteous and look closely at what people think and want. Please stop evil people from doing wicked things, and make{ all of us} who are righteous secure! BSB BSB: Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
10 UST God, you protect me as a shield protects soldiers; you rescue all those who are righteous in their inner being. BSB BSB: My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 UST God judges everyone correctly. God condemns{ the wicked} constantly. BSB BSB: God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
12 UST Whenever the wicked do not repent, it is as though God sharpens his sword and puts a string on his bow{ to get ready to kill them}. BSB BSB: If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
13 UST He prepares his deadly weapons to kill{ the wicked}, he makes his arrows have flaming tips. BSB BSB: He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
14 UST Look at the wicked person who is filled with evil intentions, as though pregnant with them, who plans to trouble people like conceiving a child, and who lies as naturally as giving birth. BSB BSB: Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
15 UST If he digs a deep pit to trap others, he will fall into his own trap. BSB BSB: He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
16 UST He experiences the bad things that he wants to cause to others, he hurts himself by the violent things that he wants to do to others. BSB BSB: His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
17 UST I thank Yahweh because he always acts justly, I sing to praise Yahweh, who is the highest judge, and to make him famous. 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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