1OLordmy God, in you do Itake refuge;save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,2lest likea lion they tear my soul apart,rending it in pieces, withnone to deliver.3OLordmy God,if I have done this,if there iswrong in my hands,4if I have repaidmy friend[b]with evilorplundered my enemy without cause,5let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,and let himtrample my life to the groundand lay my glory in the dust.Selah6Arise, OLord, in your anger;lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.7Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;over it return on high.8TheLordjudges the peoples;judge me, OLord, according to my righteousnessand according to the integrity that is in me.9Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,and may you establish the righteousyou whotestthe minds and hearts,[c]O righteous God!10My shield iswith God,who savesthe upright in heart.11God isa righteous judge,and a God who feelsindignation every day.12If a man[d]does not repent, God[e]willwhet his sword;he hasbent andreadied his bow;13he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,making hisarrowsfiery shafts.14Behold, the wicked manconceives eviland ispregnant with mischiefand gives birth to lies.15He makesa pit, digging it out,and falls into the hole that he has made.16Hismischief returns upon his own head,and on his own skull his violence descends.17I will give to theLordthe thanks due to his righteousness,and I willsing praise to the name of theLord, the Most High.