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or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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.
Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands —
and there is guilt on 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 repaid my ally with evil
or without cause have robbed my foe —
or without cause have robbed my foe —
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, Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
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.
Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.
while you sit enthroned over them on high.
Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
over it return on high.
over it return on high.
Let the Lord judge the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.
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.
Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure —
you, the righteous God
who probes minds and hearts.
and make the righteous secure —
you, the righteous God
who probes minds and hearts.
My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
who saves the upright in heart.
God is a righteous judge,
a God who displays his wrath every day.
a God who displays his wrath every day.
God is a righteous judge,
and a God who feels indignation every day.
and a God who feels indignation every day.
He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.
he makes ready his flaming arrows.
he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
making his arrows fiery shafts.
making his arrows fiery shafts.
Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
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.
Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit they have made.
falls into the pit they have 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.
The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.
their violence comes down on their own heads.
His mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
and on his own skull his violence descends.