A Davidic psalm which he sang unto Yahweh concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
1 O Yahweh my Elohim, I take refuge in You; Save me from all those pursuing me, and rescue me! 2 Lest he should tear my soul to pieces like a lion, Tearing it off while there is no rescuer. 3 O Yahweh my Elohim, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my palms, 4 If I have requited evil to one at peace with me - I, who pulled off valueless spoils from my foe - 5 May the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, May he tramp my life into the earth, And may he cause my glory to tabernacle in the soil. 6 Do arise, O Yahweh, in Your anger, Lift up Yourself against the rages of my foes; Do rouse for me the judgment You have determined. 7 So the congregation of the national groups shall surround You; Therefore on its account, do return to the height. 8 Yahweh, He shall adjudicate the peoples; Judge me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity, O Supreme. 9 O let the evil of the wicked reach an end, And may You establish the righteous one, Testing the hearts and innermost being, O righteous Elohim. 10 My shield is settled on Elohim, Who is saving the upright of heart. 11 Elohim is the righteous Judge, Yet El is indignant over the wicked one every day; 12 If he does not turn back, He shall hone His sword; He has positioned His bow and is preparing it. 13 So He has prepared for him the instruments of death; He makes His arrows flaring ones. 14 Behold, he shall be cramped with lawlessness, And he will become pregnant with toil, And he will generate falsehood. 15 He has dug a crypt and delved it deep. Yet he shall fall into the grave he has made. 16 His toil shall turn back upon his head, And his wrong shall descend on his scalp. 17 I shall acclaim Yahweh according to His righteousness, And I shall make melody to the Name of Yahweh Supreme.