1. O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me,
2. lest they tear my soul like a lion,rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3. O Lord my God, if I have done this,if there is iniquity in the palms of my hands,
4. if I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,or have delivered my adversary without cause,
5. then may the enemy pursue my life and overtake me;may my enemy trample my life to the ground,and lay my honor in the dust. Selah
6. Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;rise up because of the rage of my adversaries,and awaken Yourself for me; You have commanded justice.
7. The congregation of the peoples surround You;return above it to heaven’s heights.