[1] Lord my God, I trust you. Save me from the people who are chasing me. Rescue me!
[2] If you don’t help me, I will be like an animal caught by a lion. I will be carried away, with no one to save me!
[3] Lord my God, I did nothing wrong. I promise, I did nothing wrong!
[4] I did not do bad things to my friend. And I did not help my friend’s enemies.
[5] ˻If that is not true, then punish me.˼ Let an enemy chase me, catch me, and kill me. Let him trample my life into the ground and push my soul into the dirt.
[6] Lord, get up and show your anger! My enemy is angry, so stand and fight against him. Lord, get up and demand fairness!
[7] Lord, judge the people. Gather the nations around you,
[8] and judge the people. Lord, judge me. Prove that I am right. Prove that I am innocent.
[9] Punish the bad people, and help the good people. God, you are good. And you can look into peoples’ hearts.
[10] God helps people with honest hearts. So God will protect me.
[11] God is a good judge. He speaks against evil all the time.
[12] If God makes a decision, he does not change his mind.
[13] God is prepared to punish bad people.
[14] Some people are always planning trouble. They make secret plans and tell lies.
[15] They try to trap and hurt other people. But they will be hurt in their own traps.
[16] They will receive the punishment they should get. They were cruel to other people. But they will get what they deserve.
[17] I praise the Lord because he is good. I praise the name of the Lord Most-High.