³ O Lord my God, ^(F)if I have done this,
    if there is ^(G)wrong in my hands,
⁴ if I have repaid ^(H)my friend^[b] with evil
    or ^(I)plundered my enemy without cause,
⁵ let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
    and let him ^(J)trample my life to the ground
    and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

^6 (K)Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
    ^(L)lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
    ^(M)awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
⁷ Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
    over it return on high.

⁸ The Lord ^(N)judges the peoples;
    ^(O)judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
    and according to the integrity that is in me.
⁹ Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
    and may you establish the righteous—
you who ^(P)test ^(Q)the minds and hearts,^[c]
    O righteous God!
¹⁰ My shield is ^(R)with God,
    who saves ^(S)the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is ^(T)a righteous judge,
    and a God who feels ^(U)indignation every day.

¹² If a man^[d] does not repent, God^[e] will ^(V)whet his sword;
    he has ^(W)bent and ^(X)readied his bow;
¹³ he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
    making his ^(Y)arrows ^(Z)fiery shafts.
¹⁴ Behold, the wicked man ^(AA)conceives evil
    and is ^(AB)pregnant with mischief
    and gives birth to lies.
¹⁵ He makes ^(AC)a pit, digging it out,
    and falls into the hole that he has made.
¹⁶ His ^(AD)mischief returns upon his own head,
    and on his own skull his violence descends.

¹⁷ I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
    and I will ^(AE)sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

⁹ Proclaim to the strongholds in ^(A)Ashdod
    and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on ^(B)the mountains of Samaria,
    and see the great tumults within her,
    and ^(C)the oppressed in her midst.”
¹⁰ “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
    ^(D)“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”

^(E)“An adversary shall surround the land
    and bring down^[a] your defenses from you,
    and ^(F)your strongholds shall be plundered.”

¹³ “Hear, ^(J)and testify against the house of Jacob,”
    declares the Lord God, ^(K)the God of hosts,
¹⁴ “that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
    ^(L)I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and ^(M)the horns of the altar shall be cut off
    and fall to the ground.
^15 (N)I will strike ^(O)the winter house along with ^(P)the summer house,
    and ^(Q)the houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses^[c] shall come to an end,”
declares the Lord.

4 “Hear this word, ^(R)you cows of Bashan,
    who are ^(S)on the mountain of Samaria,
^(T)who oppress the poor, ^(U)who crush the needy,
    who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
^2 (V)The Lord God has sworn by his holiness
    that, behold, the days are coming upon you,
^(W)when they shall take you away with hooks,
    ^(X)even the last of you with fishhooks.
^3 (Y)And you shall go out through the breaches,
    each one straight ahead;
    and you shall be cast out into Harmon,”
declares the Lord.

^4 (Z)“Come to Bethel, and transgress;
    to ^(AA)Gilgal, and multiply transgression;
^(AB)bring your ^(AC)sacrifices every morning,
    your tithes every three days;
⁵ offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of ^(AD)that which is leavened,
    and proclaim ^(AE)freewill offerings, publish them;
    ^(AF)for so you love to do, O people of Israel!”
declares the Lord God.