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1O Lord my God, in thee do I
my confidence repose:
Save
and deliver me from all
my persecuting foes;
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2Lest that the enemy my soul
should, like a lion, tear,
In
pieces rending it, while there
is no deliverer.
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3O Lord my God, if it be so
that I committed this;
If
it be so that in my hands
iniquity there is:
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4If I rewarded ill to him
that was at peace with me;
(Yea,
ev'n the man that without cause
my foe was I did free;)
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5Then let the foe pursue and take
my soul, and my life thrust
Down
to the earth, and let him lay
mine honour in the dust.
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6Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself,
for my foes raging be;
And,
to the judgment which thou hast
commanded, wake for me.
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7So shall th' assembly of thy folk
about encompass thee:
Thou,
therefore, for their sakes, return
unto thy place on high.
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8The Lord he shall the people judge:
my judge, Jehovah, be,
After
my righteousness, and mine
integrity in me.
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9O let the wicked's malice end;
but stablish stedfastly
The
righteous: for the righteous God
the hearts and reins doth try.
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10In God, who saves th' upright in heart,
is my defence and stay.
11God just men judgeth, God is wroth
with ill men ev'ry day.
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12If he do not return again,
then he his sword will whet;
His
bow he hath already bent,
and hath it ready set:
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13He also hath for him prepar'd
the instruments of death;
Against
the persecutors he
his shafts ordained hath.
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14Behold, he with iniquity
doth travail, as in birth;
A
mischief he conceived hath,
and falsehood shall bring forth.
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15He made a pit and digg'd it deep,
another there to take;
But
he is fall'n into the ditch
which he himself did make.
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16Upon his own head his mischief
shall be returned home;
His
vi'lent dealing also down
on his own pate shall come.
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17According to his righteousness
the Lord I'll magnify;
And
will sing praise unto the name
of God that is most high.
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