I take refuge in you
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O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
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or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
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if I have rewarded my ally (a) with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
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then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust.
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Selah Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
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Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
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The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
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Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.(b)
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My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
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God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
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If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
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He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
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Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
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He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
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His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
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I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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