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¹ O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. ² Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save. ³ O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;) ⁴ if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies. ⁵ Let the enemy persecute my soul, an take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause. ⁶ Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command. ⁷ And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this cause do thou return on high. ⁸ The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me. ⁹ Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.

¹⁰ My help is righteous, coming from God who saves the upright in heart. ¹¹ God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day. ¹² If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready. ¹³ And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones. ¹⁴ Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity. ¹⁵ He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made. ¹⁶ His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown. ¹⁷ I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.