A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.1O LORD my God, in you I have sought refuge; save me from all who pursue me, and rescue me.2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, with no one to rescue.3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my palms,4If I have rewarded my ally with evil and rescued the one who vexes me without cause,5Let an enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and trample my life to the earth, and make my glory dwell in the dust. Selah.6Arise, O LORD, in your anger; be lifted up in the furies of my vexing ones, and rouse yourself for me; you have commanded justice.7Let the congregation of peoples surround you, and return over it to the height.8The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to my integrity that is upon me.9Please let the evil of the wicked cease, and establish the righteous; test hearts and kidneys, O righteous God.10My shield is upon God, who saves the upright in heart.11God is a righteous judge, and God is indignant every day.12If he does not turn back, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent his bow and prepared it.13He has prepared instruments of death for himself; his arrows he prepares for those who burn.14Behold, one labors with wickedness, conceives trouble, and begets deception.15He has dug a pit and searched it out, and he falls into the pit that he makes.16His trouble returns upon his head, and his violence descends upon his crown.17I give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and I sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.