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I Take Refuge in You
{Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.} O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
{Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.} O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,
rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
O Lord my God, if I have done this,
if there is wrong in my hands,
if there is wrong in my hands,
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
and let him trample my life to the ground
and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
and let him trample my life to the ground
and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
over it return on high.
over it return on high.
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
The Lord judges the peoples;
judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.
judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
who saves the upright in heart.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
God is a righteous judge,
and a God who feels indignation every day.
and a God who feels indignation every day.
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
making his arrows fiery shafts.
making his arrows fiery shafts.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Behold, the wicked man conceives evil
and is pregnant with mischief
and gives birth to lies.
and is pregnant with mischief
and gives birth to lies.
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
He makes a pit, digging it out,
and falls into the hole that he has made.
and falls into the hole that he has made.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
His mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
and on his own skull his violence descends.