Psalm

 2 Otherwise they will tear me* to pieces as a lion does,+

Carrying me off with no one to rescue me.

 3 O Jehovah my God, if I am at fault in this,

If I have acted unjustly,

 4 If I have wronged the one doing good to me,+

Or if I have plundered my enemy without cause,*

 5 Then let an enemy pursue and overtake me;*

Let him trample my life down to the earth

And cause my glory to perish in the dust. (Selah)

 6 Rise up in your anger, O Jehovah;

Stand up against the fury of my enemies;+

Awake for me, and demand that justice be done.+

 7 Let the nations surround you;

And you will act against them from on high.

Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness

And according to my integrity.+

But establish the righteous,+

Since you are the righteous God+ who examines the hearts+ and the deepest emotions.*+

11 God is a righteous Judge,+

And God proclaims his judgments* every day.

12 If anyone will not repent,+ He sharpens his sword;+

He bends his bow and makes it ready.+

13 He prepares his deadly weapons;

He makes ready his flaming arrows.+

14 Look at the one who is pregnant with wickedness;

He conceives trouble and gives birth to lies.+

15 He excavates a pit and digs it deep,

But he falls into the very hole he made.+

16 The trouble he causes will return on his own head;+

His violence will fall on the crown of his head.

17 I will praise Jehovah for his justice;+

I will sing praises* to the name of Jehovah+ the Most High.+