Verses 1-17 - A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
1. O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
2. or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3. O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands--
4. if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe--
7. Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;
10. My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
11. God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses 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. He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
15. He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
16. The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.