Bible

1 A shiggaion by David; he sang it to the Lord about the {slanderous} words of Cush, a descendant of Benjamin. O Lord my God, I have taken refuge in you. Save me, and rescue me from all who are pursuing me. 2 Like a lion they will tear me to pieces and drag me off with no one to rescue me. 3 O Lord my God, if I have done this— if my hands are stained with injustice, 4 if I have paid back my friend with evil or rescued someone who has no reason to attack me— 5 then let the enemy chase me and catch me. Let him trample my life into the ground. Let him lay my honor in the dust. Selah 6 Arise in anger, O Lord. Stand up against the fury of my attackers. Wake up, my God. You have already pronounced judgment. 7 Let an assembly of people gather around you. Take your seat high above them. 8 The Lord judges the people of the world. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity. 9 Let the evil within wicked people come to an end, but make the righteous person secure, O righteous God who examines thoughts and emotions. 10 My shield is God above, who saves those whose motives are decent. 11 God is a fair judge, a God who is angered by injustice every day. 12 If a person does not change, God sharpens his sword. By bending his bow, he makes it ready {to shoot}. 13 He prepares his deadly weapons and turns them into flaming arrows. 14 See how that person conceives evil, is pregnant with harm, and gives birth to lies. 15 He digs a pit and shovels it out. Then he falls into the hole that he made {for others}. 16 His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him. 17 I will give thanks to the Lord for his righteousness. I will make music to praise the name of the Lord Most High.