1 LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,2 or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.3 LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands —4 if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe —5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. [^1]6 Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.8 Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure — you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.10 My shield "is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.11 God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.12 If he does not relent, he "will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.13 He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.14 Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.16 The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.17 I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.

1 Psalmus David, quem cantavit Domino pro verbis Chusi, filii Jemini. 2 [Domine Deus meus, in te speravi ;salvum me fac ex omnibus persequentibus me, et libera me :3 nequando rapiat ut leo animam meam,dum non est qui redimat, neque qui salvum faciat.4 Domine Deus meus, si feci istud,si est iniquitas in manibus meis,5 si reddidi retribuentibus mihi mala,decidam merito ab inimicis meis inanis.6 Persequatur inimicus animam meam, et comprehendat ;et conculcet in terra vitam meam,et gloriam meam in pulverem deducat.7 Exsurge, Domine, in ira tua,et exaltare in finibus inimicorum meorum :et exsurge, Domine Deus meus, in prcepto quod mandasti,8 et synagoga populorum circumdabit te :et propter hanc in altum regredere :9 Dominus judicat populos.Judica me, Domine, secundum justitiam meam,et secundum innocentiam meam super me.10 Consumetur nequitia peccatorum, et diriges justum,scrutans corda et renes, Deus.11 Justum adjutorium meum a Domino,qui salvos facit rectos corde.12 Deus judex justus, fortis, et patiens ;numquid irascitur per singulos dies ?13 Nisi conversi fueritis, gladium suum vibrabit ;arcum suum tetendit, et paravit illum.14 Et in eo paravit vasa mortis,sagittas suas ardentibus effecit.15 Ecce parturiit injustitiam ;concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem.16 Lacum aperuit, et effodit eum ;et incidit in foveam quam fecit.17 Convertetur dolor ejus in caput ejus,et in verticem ipsius iniquitas ejus descendet.18 Confitebor Domino secundum justitiam ejus,et psallam nomini Domini altissimi.]