³ Lord my God, if I have done this
    and there is guilt on my hands^(G)—
⁴ if I have repaid my ally with evil
    or without cause^(H) have robbed my foe—
⁵ then let my enemy pursue and overtake^(I) me;
    let him trample my life to the ground^(J)
    and make me sleep in the dust.^[c](K)

⁶ Arise,^(L) Lord, in your anger;
    rise up against the rage of my enemies.^(M)
    Awake,^(N) my God; decree justice.
⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
    while you sit enthroned over them on high.^(O)
8     Let the Lord judge^(P) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,^(Q)
    according to my integrity,^(R) O Most High.^(S)
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—^(T)
you, the righteous God^(U)
    who probes minds and hearts.^(V)

¹⁰ My shield^[d](W) is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.^(X)
11 God is a righteous judge,^(Y)
    a God who displays his wrath^(Z) every day.
¹² If he does not relent,^(AA)
    he^[e] will sharpen his sword;^(AB)
    he will bend and string his bow.^(AC)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.^(AD)

¹⁴ Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth^(AE) to disillusionment.
¹⁵ Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit^(AF) they have made.^(AG)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;^(AH)
    I will sing the praises^(AI) of the name of the Lord Most High.^(AJ)

You have set your glory^(AL)
    in the heavens.^(AM)
2 Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold^(AN) against your enemies,
    to silence the foe^(AO) and the avenger.
³ When I consider your heavens,^(AP)
    the work of your fingers,^(AQ)
the moon and the stars,^(AR)
    which you have set in place,
⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?^[h](AS)

⁵ You have made them^[i] a little lower than the angels^[j](AT)
    and crowned them^[k] with glory and honor.^(AU)
6 You made them rulers^(AV) over the works of your hands;^(AW)
    you put everything under their^[l] feet:^(AX)
7 all flocks and herds,^(AY)
    and the animals of the wild,^(AZ)
8 the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,^(BA)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹ Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!^(BB)

³ My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.
⁴ For you have upheld my right^(BH) and my cause,^(BI)
    sitting enthroned^(BJ) as the righteous judge.^(BK)
5 You have rebuked the nations^(BL) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name^(BM) for ever and ever.
⁶ Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;^(BN)
    even the memory of them^(BO) has perished.

⁷ The Lord reigns forever;^(BP)
    he has established his throne^(BQ) for judgment.
⁸ He rules the world in righteousness^(BR)
    and judges the peoples with equity.^(BS)
9 The Lord is a refuge^(BT) for the oppressed,^(BU)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.^(BV)
10 Those who know your name^(BW) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken^(BX) those who seek you.^(BY)

¹¹ Sing the praises^(BZ) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^(CA)
    proclaim among the nations^(CB) what he has done.^(CC)
12 For he who avenges blood^(CD) remembers;
    he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^(CE)

¹³ Lord, see how my enemies^(CF) persecute me!
    Have mercy^(CG) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(CH)
14 that I may declare your praises^(CI)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,^(CJ)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.^(CK)

¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(CL)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(CM)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^[o](CN)
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(CO)
    all the nations that forget God.^(CP)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope^(CQ) of the afflicted^(CR) will never perish.

¹⁹ Arise,^(CS) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^(CT)
    let the nations be judged^(CU) in your presence.
²⁰ Strike them with terror,^(CV) Lord;
    let the nations know they are only mortal.^(CW)