10MAY THEY BE ASHAMED AND THEY MAY BE DISTURBED EXCEEDINGLY ALL ENEMIES MY THEY WILL TURN BACK THEY WILL BE ASHAMED A MOMENT 10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
0A SHIGGAION OF DAVID WHICH HE SANG TO YAHWEH ON [THE] WORDS OF CUSH A BEN- JAMINITE I Take Refuge in You 0A Shiggaion*NoteCloseShiggaion is probably a musical or liturgical term. of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
1O YAHWEH GOD MY IN YOU I HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE SAVE ME FROM ALL PURSUERS MY AND DELIVER ME 1O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
2LEST HE SHOULD TEAR TO PIECES LIKE A LION SELF MY TEARING AND THERE NOT [IS] A DELIVERER 2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3O YAHWEH GOD MY IF I HAVE DONE THIS IF THERE [IS] UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN HANDS MY 3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
4IF I HAVE REPAID [ONE WHO] IS AT PEACE WITH ME EVIL AND I HAVE RESCUED! OPPOSER MY WITHOUT CAUSE 4if I have rewarded my ally*NoteCloseHebrew the one at peace with me with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
5MAY HE PURSUE AN ENEMY LIFE MY AND MAY HE OVERTAKE [IT] AND HE MAY TRAMPLE TO THE EARTH LIFE MY AND HONOR MY TO THE DUST MAY HE LAY SELAH 5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
6ARISE! O YAHWEH IN ANGER YOUR RAISE YOURSELF ON [THE] FURI<ES> OF OPPOSERS MY AND AWAKE! TO ME JUSTICE YOU HAVE COMMANDED 6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
7AND AN ASSEMBLY OF NATIONS MAY IT SURROUND YOU AND OVER IT TO THE HEIGHT RETURN! 7Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
8YAHWEH LET HIM JUDGE PEOPLES VINDICATE ME O YAHWEH ACCORDING TO RIGHTEOUSNESS MY AND ACCORDING TO INTEGRITY MY ON ME 8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
9MAY IT COME TO AN END PLEASE [THE] EVIL OF WICKED [PEOPLE] AND MAY YOU ESTABLISH [THE] RIGHTEOUS AND [WHO] TESTS HEARTS AND KIDNEYS O GOD RIGHTEOUS 9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.*NoteCloseHebrew hearts and kidneys
10SHIELD MY [IS] ON GOD A DELIVERER OF [PEOPLE] UPRIGHT OF HEART 10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11GOD [IS] A JUDGE RIGHTEOUS AND GOD [IS] INDIGNANT ON EVERY DAY 11God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
12IF NOT ANYONE WILL REPENT SWORD HIS HE WILL SHARPEN BOW HIS HE HAS BENT AND HE HAS PREPARED IT 12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
13AND FOR HIM HE HAS PREPARED WEAPONS OF DEATH ARROWS HIS INTO BURNING [THINGS] HE WILL MAKE 13He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
14THERE! HE IS IN LABOR WITH WICKEDNESS AND HE CONCEIVES MISCHIEF AND HE BRINGS FORTH FALSEHOOD 14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
15A PIT HE DIGS AND HE HAS DUG IT AND HE HAS FALLEN IN [THE] PIT [WHICH] HE MADE 15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
16IT RETURNS MISCHIEF HIS ON OWN HEAD HIS AND ON SCALP HIS VIOLENCE HIS IT COMES DOWN 16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
17I WILL GIVE THANKS TO YAHWEH ACCORDING TO RIGHTEOUSNESS HIS AND I WILL SING PRAISE TO [THE] NAME OF YAHWEH [THE] MOST HIGH 17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.