I Take Refuge in You
A Shiggaion 1of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; Psa 31:151Pe 4:19Hab 3:1Jer 20:11Psa 18:2Psa 35:1-32Sa 16:1-23Jer 15:15
save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
or they will shred my soul like a lion Psa 50:222Ti 4:17Isa 38:131Pe 5:8Deu 33:20Psa 35:152Sa 14:6Hos 13:7-8
and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
O LORD my God, if I have done this, 1Sa 24:111Sa 26:18-19Psa 59:32Sa 16:7-8Job 11:14Jos 22:221Sa 20:81Sa 22:13
if injustice is on my hands,
if I have rewarded my ally 2with evil, 1Sa 24:17-19Psa 55:20Jer 18:20-21Psa 109:51Sa 19:4-51Sa 20:11Sa 22:141Sa 24:10-15
if I have plundered my foe without cause,
then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; Mal 4:3Jer 17:13Psa 3:2Psa 44:5Psa 49:12Hab 3:13Isa 10:6Isa 63:3
may he trample me to the ground
and leave my honor in the dust.
Selah
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; Psa 35:23Psa 44:23Isa 33:10Psa 3:7Isa 37:20Isa 51:9Psa 103:6Psa 138:7
rise up against the fury of my enemies.
Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Let the assembled peoples gather around You; Rev 16:5-7Rev 18:20Rev 19:2Isa 57:15Psa 113:5-6Psa 138:6Psa 48:11Psa 58:10-11
take Your seat over them on high.
The LORD judges the peoples; Psa 96:13Rom 14:10-122Co 1:12Psa 43:11Th 2:10Psa 98:91Co 4:4-5Psa 26:1
vindicate me, O LORD,
according to my righteousness and integrity.
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, Jer 11:20Jer 17:10Jer 20:121Ch 28:91Sa 16:7Psa 10:15Psa 11:5Psa 139:1
but establish the righteous,
O righteous God who searches hearts and minds. 3
My shield is with God, Gen 15:1Pro 28:18Psa 125:4Psa 84:11Job 8:6Pro 11:20Pro 2:21Psa 112:2
who saves the upright in heart.
God is a righteous judge Nam 1:2Nam 1:6Psa 7:8Psa 94:15Psa 140:12-13Psa 50:6
and a God who feels indignation each day.
If one does not repent, Act 3:19Mat 3:10Isa 55:6-7Deu 32:41Ezk 18:30Psa 85:4Ezk 21:23Ezk 21:9-11
God will sharpen His sword;
He has bent and strung His bow.
He has prepared His deadly weapons; 2Th 1:6Hab 3:13Hab 3:11Psa 18:14Psa 45:5Psa 64:7Rev 16:6Rev 6:10
He ordains His arrows with fire.
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; Jas 1:15Job 15:35Isa 33:11Isa 59:4-5Job 15:20
he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; Job 4:8Psa 141:10Pro 26:27Ecc 10:8-9Psa 35:7-8Psa 10:2Psa 57:6Psa 9:15-16
he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
His trouble recoils on himself, Est 9:25Psa 37:12-131Ki 2:321Sa 24:12-131Sa 26:101Sa 28:191Sa 31:3-4Psa 36:12
and his violence falls on his own head.
I will thank the LORD for His righteousness Psa 9:2Psa 71:15-16Psa 98:2Psa 111:3Act 7:48Dan 4:34Psa 35:28Psa 51:14
and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.