I Take Refuge in You

1A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Chusi the Benjamite. O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.

2Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.

3O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;)

4if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

5Let the enemy persecute my soul, an take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.

6Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.

7And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this cause do thou return on high.

8The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.

9Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.

10My help is righteous, coming from God who saves the upright in heart.

11God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day.

12If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.

13And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.

14Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.

15He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.

16His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

17I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.