• In You I Have Taken Refuge

  • 1 O Yahweh my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
  • 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
  • 3 O Yahweh my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,
  • 4 If I have rewarded evil to him who is at peace with me, Or have plundered my adversary without cause,
  • 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life down to the ground And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. Selah.
  • 6 Arise, O Yahweh, in Your anger; Lift up Yourself against the fury of my adversaries, And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment.
  • 7 Let the congregation of the peoples encompass You, And over them return on high.
  • 8 Yahweh judges the peoples; Give justice to me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
  • 9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.
  • 10 My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart.
  • 11 God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day.
  • 12 If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and prepared it.
  • 13 He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
  • 14 Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.
  • 15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.
  • 16 His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own skull.
  • 17 I will give thanks to Yahweh according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.