1 Save me by your power, O God;

set me free by your might!

2 Hear my prayer, O God;

listen to my words!

3 Proud people are coming to attack me;

cruel people are trying to kill me—

those who do not care about God.

4 But God is my helper.

The Lord is my defender.

5 May God use their own evil to punish my enemies.

He will destroy them because he is faithful.

6 I will gladly offer you a sacrifice, O Lord;

I will give you thanks

because you are good.

7 You have rescued me from all my troubles,

and I have seen my enemies defeated.