| 1 | Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, |
| 2 | lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. |
| 3 | Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, |
| 4 | if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary), |
| 5 | let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. |
| 6 | Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment. |
| 7 | Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high. |
| 8 | Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me. |
| 9 | Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God. |
| 10 | My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. |
| 11 | God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day. |
| 12 | If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow. |
| 13 | He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows. |
| 14 | Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. |
| 15 | He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made. |
| 16 | The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head. |
| 17 | I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High. Psalm 8 For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. |
