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If you don’t, they will maul me like a lion,
tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
tearing 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.
O LORD my God, if I have done wrong
or am guilty of injustice,
or am guilty of injustice,
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 betrayed a friend
or plundered my enemy without cause,
or plundered my enemy without cause,
then let my enemies capture me.
Let them trample me into the ground
and drag my honor in the dust.
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Let them trample me into the ground
and drag my honor in the dust.
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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 anger!
Stand up against the fury of my enemies!
Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
Stand up against the fury of my enemies!
Wake up, my God, and bring 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.
Gather the nations before you.
Rule over them from on high.
Rule over them from on high.
Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
over it return on high.
over it return on high.
The LORD judges the nations.
Declare me righteous, O LORD,
for I am innocent, O Most High!
Declare me righteous, O LORD,
for I am innocent, 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.
End the evil of those who are wicked,
and defend the righteous.
For you look deep within the mind and heart,
O righteous God.
and defend the righteous.
For you look deep within the mind and heart,
O righteous God.
God is my shield,
saving those whose hearts are true and right.
saving those whose hearts are true and right.
My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
who saves the upright in heart.
God is an honest judge.
He is angry with the wicked every day.
He 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.
He will prepare his deadly weapons
and shoot his flaming arrows.
and shoot his flaming arrows.
he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
making his arrows fiery shafts.
making his arrows fiery shafts.
The wicked conceive evil;
they are pregnant with trouble
and give birth to lies.
they are pregnant with trouble
and give birth to lies.
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.
They dig a deep pit to trap others,
then fall into it themselves.
then fall into it themselves.
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 make for others backfires on them.
The violence they plan falls on their own heads.
The violence they plan falls 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.