1. O Lord, my God, I come to you for protection;rescue me and save me from all who pursue me,
2. or else like a lion they will carry me offwhere no one can save me,and there they will tear me to pieces.
3-4. O Lord, my God, if I have wronged anyone,if I have betrayed a friendor without cause done violence to my enemy —if I have done any of these things —
10. God is my protector;he saves those who obey him.
11. God is a righteous judgeand always condemns the wicked.
12. If they do not change their ways,God will sharpen his sword.He bends his bow and makes it ready;
13. he takes up his deadly weaponsand aims his burning arrows.
14. See how wicked people think up evil;they plan trouble and practise deception.
15. But in the traps they set for others,they themselves get caught.
16. So they are punished by their own eviland are hurt by their own violence.
17. I thank the Lord for his justice,I sing praises to the Lord, the Most High.