1Shiggaion of David, which he sang to YHWH concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
2YHWH my God, in you I have taken refuge; save me (yasha) from all my pursuers, and deliver me,
3lest he tear my soul (nephesh) like a lion, rending, and there is none to deliver.
4YHWH my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands,
5if I have repaid evil to the one at peace with me — and I despoiled my adversary without cause —
6let the enemy pursue my soul (nephesh) and overtake it, and let him trample my life (chai) to the earth, and let him lay my glory in the dust (aphar). Selah.
7Arise, YHWH, in your anger; lift yourself up against the wrath of my adversaries; and awake for me — judgment (mishpat) you have commanded (tzivvah).
8And let the congregation of peoples surround you, and over it return on high.
9YHWH judges the peoples; judge me, YHWH, according to my righteousness and according to my integrity upon me.
10Let the evil of the wicked please come to an end, and may you establish the righteous; for the one who tries hearts and kidneys is a righteous God.
11My shield is upon God, who saves (yasha) the upright of heart.
12God is a righteous judge, and a God indignant every day.
13If he does not turn, he will whet his sword; his bow he has bent and made it ready.
14And for him he has prepared instruments of death; his arrows he makes into flaming ones.
15Behold, he travails with iniquity; he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.
16He has dug a pit and hollowed it, and he has fallen into the ditch he made.
17His trouble returns upon his head, and upon his crown his violence comes down.
18I will give thanks to YHWH according to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of YHWH Most High (Elyon).