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¹ O Lord my God, in you do I ^(b)take refuge;
    ^(c)save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
² lest like ^(d)a lion they tear my soul apart,
    rending it in pieces, with ^(e)none to deliver.

³ O Lord my God, ^(f)if I have done this,
    if there is ^(g)wrong in my hands,
⁴ if I have repaid ^(h)my friend^[b] with evil
    or ⁽ⁱ⁾plundered my enemy without cause,
⁵ let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
    and let him ^(j)trample my life to the ground
    and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

^6 (k)Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
    ^(l)lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
    ^(m)awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
⁷ Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
    over it return on high.

⁸ The Lord ⁽ⁿ⁾judges the peoples;
    ^(o)judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
    and according to the integrity that is in me.
⁹ Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
    and may you establish the righteous—
you who ^(p)test ^(q)the minds and hearts,^[c]
    O righteous God!
¹⁰ My shield is ^(r)with God,
    who saves ^(s)the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is ^(t)a righteous judge,
    and a God who feels ^(u)indignation every day.

¹² If a man^[d] does not repent, God^[e] will ^(v)whet his sword;
    he has ^(w)bent and ^(x)readied his bow;
¹³ he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
    making his ^(y)arrows ^(z)fiery shafts.
¹⁴ Behold, the wicked man ^(aa)conceives evil
    and is ^(ab)pregnant with mischief
    and gives birth to lies.
¹⁵ He makes ^(ac)a pit, digging it out,
    and falls into the hole that he has made.
¹⁶ His ^(ad)mischief returns upon his own head,
    and on his own skull his violence descends.

¹⁷ I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
    and I will ^(ae)sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.