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In You I Have Taken Refuge

¹ O Yahweh my God, ^(C1)in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and ^(C2)deliver me,

² Lest he tear ^(F1)my soul ^(C1)like a lion,
Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

³ O Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
If there is ^(C1)injustice in my hands,

⁴ If I have ^(C1)rewarded evil to him who ^(F1)is at peace with me,
Or have ^(C2)plundered my adversary without cause,

⁵ Let the enemy pursue ^(F1)my soul and overtake ^(F2)it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. ^Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude">(F3)Selah.

^6 (C1)Arise, O Yahweh, in Your anger;
^(C2)Lift up Yourself against ^(C3)the fury of my adversaries,
And ^(C4)arouse Yourself ^(F1)for me; You have appointed judgment.

⁷ Let the congregation of the ^(C1)peoples encompass You,
And over ^(F1)them return on high.

⁸ Yahweh ^(C1)judges the peoples;
^(F1)(C2)Give justice to me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.

⁹ O let ^(C1)the evil of the wicked come to an end, but ^(C2)establish the righteous;
For the righteous God ^(C3)tests the hearts and ^(F1)minds.

¹⁰ My ^(C1)shield is ^(F1)with God,
Who ^(C2)saves the upright in heart.

¹¹ God is a ^(C1)righteous judge,
And a God who has ^(C2)indignation every day.

¹² If ^(F1)a man ^(C1)does not repent, He will ^(C2)sharpen His sword;
He has ^(C3)bent His bow and prepared it.

¹³ He has also prepared ^(F1)for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His ^(C1)arrows fiery shafts.

¹⁴ Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he ^(C1)conceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.

¹⁵ He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has ^(C1)fallen into the hole which he made.

¹⁶ His ^(C1)mischief will return upon his own head,
And his ^(C2)violence will descend upon ^(F1)his own skull.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to Yahweh ^(C1)according to His righteousness
And will ^(C2)sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.