In You I Have Taken Refuge
A● Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Yahweh concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
O Yahweh my God, ain You I have taken refuge;Save me from all those who pursue me, and bdeliver me,Possibly a wild, passionate, and animated songPs 31:1; 71:1Ps 31:152 Lest he tear 1my soul alike a lion,Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.Or mePs 57:4; Is 38:13
3 O Yahweh my God, if I have done this,If there is ainjustice in my hands,1 Sam 24:114 If I have arewarded evil to him who 1is at peace with me,Or have bplundered my adversary without cause,Lit wasPs 109:4, 51 Sam 24:7; 26:95 Let the enemy pursue 1my soul and overtake 2it;And let him trample my life down to the groundAnd cause my glory to dwell in the dust.3Selah.Or meOr meSelah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
6 aArise, O Yahweh, in Your anger;bLift up Yourself against cthe fury of my adversaries,And darouse Yourself 1for me; You have appointed judgment.One ancient version O my GodPs 3:7Ps 94:2Ps 138:7Ps 35:23; 44:237 Let the congregation of the apeoples encompass You,And over 1them return on high.Lit itPs 22:278 Yahweh ajudges the peoples;1bGive justice to me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.Lit JudgePs 96:13; 98:9Ps 18:20; 26:1; 35:24; 43:19 O let athe evil of the wicked come to an end, but bestablish the righteous;For the righteous God ctests the hearts and 1minds.Lit kidneys, figurative for inner manPs 34:21; 94:23Ps 37:23; 40:2Ps 11:4, 5; Jer 11:20; Rev 2:2310 My ashield is 1with God,Who bsaves the upright in heart.Lit uponPs 18:2, 30Ps 97:10, 11; 125:411 God is a arighteous judge,And a God who has bindignation every day.Ps 50:6Ps 90:9
12 If 1a man adoes not repent, He will bsharpen His sword;He has cbent His bow and prepared it.Lit hePs 58:5Deut 32:41Ps 64:713 He has also prepared 1for Himself deadly weapons;He makes His aarrows fiery shafts.Or His deadly weaponsPs 18:14; 45:514 Behold, he travails with wickedness,And he aconceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.Job 15:35; Is 59:4; James 1:1515 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,And has afallen into the hole which he made.Job 4:8; Ps 57:616 His amischief will return upon his own head,And his bviolence will descend upon 1his own skull.The crown of his own headEsth 9:25; Ps 140:9Ps 140:11