A Shiggayon of David which he sang unto Jehovah{HR}Because of the words of Cush, the Benjamite.{HR}O Jehovah, my God, in thee have I trusted;{HR}Save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me.
Lest like a lion he tear my soul, tearing it in pieces,{HR}And there is none to deliver.
O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this;{HR}If there be iniquity in my hands;
If I have recompensed with evil him that is at peace with me;{HR}If I have spoiled mine adversary without a cause;
Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,{HR}And let him tread down my life to the ground,{HR}And let him cause mine honour to lie in the dust. Selah.
Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger,{HR}Lift up thyself because of the wrath of mine enemies,{HR}And wake up for me the judgment which thou hast commanded.
And the congregation of nations shall encompass thee;{HR}Because of it return thou to the height.
Jehovah will govern the peoples:{HR}Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness{HR}And according to mine integrity [that is] upon me.
Let now the evil of the wicked come to an end,{HR}But establish thou the righteous [man]:{HR}And one who trieth hearts and reins [art thou], O righteous God.
My shield [is] upon God who saveth the upright in heart.
God judgeth righteously, and God is angry every day.
If he turn not, he will whet his sword;{HR}He hath bent his bow and made it ready.
And at him he hath aimed the weapons of death;{HR}He maketh his arrows to be burning.
Behold he travaileth [with] iniquity,{HR}And he hath conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.
He hath dug a pit, and enlarged it,{HR}And he falleth into the pit which he maketh.
His mischief shall return upon his own head,{HR}And upon the crown of his head shall his violence come down.
I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness,{HR}And I will sing praises unto the name of Jehovah, Most High.