1Ein Klagelied Davids, das er dem HERRN wegen des Benjaminiters Kusch sang.2HERR, mein Gott, bei dir suche ich Zuflucht. Hilf mir und rette mich vor meinen Verfolgern, (Ps 11,1; Ps 31,2)3damit sie mich nicht packen und in Stücke zerreißen wie Löwen, weil niemand mich rettet! (Ps 17,13; Ps 57,5)4HERR, mein Gott, wenn ich Unrecht tat oder ungerecht war, (1Sam 24,12)5wenn ich mich einem Freund gegenüber schlecht verhielt oder jemanden beraubte, der mich grundlos bedrängte, (1Sam 24,8; 1Sam 26,9)6dann liefere mich meinen Feinden aus. Sie sollen mich zu Boden werfen, sodass meine Ehre im Staube liegt.7Steh auf, HERR, in deinem Zorn! Hilf mir und erhebe dich gegen die Wut meiner Feinde! Wache auf, hilf mir und komme mit deiner Gerechtigkeit. (Ps 3,8; Ps 35,23; Ps 94,2; Ps 138,7)8Die Völker werden sich um dich versammeln, setze dich auf deinen Thron hoch über ihnen.9Der HERR richtet die Völker. Sprich mich frei, HERR, denn ich bin unschuldig, Höchster! (Ps 18,21; Ps 35,24; Ps 96,13)10Der Bosheit der Gottlosen mach ein Ende, aber hilf dem, der dir gehorsam ist. Denn du bist ein gerechter Gott und prüfst die Menschen auf Herzen und Nieren. (1Chr 28,9; Ps 11,4; Ps 34,22; Ps 94,23; Jer 11,20; Offb 2,23)11Gott beschützt mich, er rettet die Menschen, deren Herzen aufrichtig sind. (Ps 18,3; Ps 97,10; Ps 125,4)12Gott ist ein gerechter Richter, der die Bösen täglich bestraft. (Ps 50,6; Ps 90,9)13Wenn jemand nicht bereut, schärft Gott[1] sein Schwert; er spannt seinen Bogen und zielt. (5Mo 32,41; Ps 64,8; Hes 33,9)14Er nimmt seine tödlichen Waffen zur Hand und setzt seine Flammenpfeile in Brand. (Ps 18,15; Ps 45,6; Ps 64,8)15Der Böse denkt sich Böses aus; er geht schwanger mit Unrecht und gebiert Lügen. (Hi 15,35; Jes 59,4; Jak 1,15)16Er gräbt anderen Gruben und fällt selbst hinein. (Hi 4,7; Ps 57,7)17Er stiftet Unheil, doch es fällt auf ihn selbst zurück. Seine bösen Taten werden ihm selbst zum Verhängnis. (Est 9,24; Ps 140,10)18Ich will dem HERRN danken, denn er ist gerecht; ich will den Namen des HERRN, des Höchsten, loben. (Ps 9,3; Ps 66,1; Ps 71,15)
A shiggaion of David. He sang it to the Lord about Cush, who was from the tribe of Benjamin.
1LORD my God, I go to you for safety. Help me. Save me from all those who are chasing me.2If you don’t, they will tear me apart as if they were lions. They will rip me to pieces so that no one can save me.3LORD my God, suppose I have done something wrong. Suppose I am guilty.4Or I have done evil to my friend. Or I have robbed my enemy without any reason.5Then let my enemy chase me and catch me. Let him trample me into the ground. Let him bury me in the dust.6LORD, rise up in your anger. Rise up against the great anger of my enemies. My God, wake up. Command that the right thing be done.7Let all the people of the earth gather around you. Rule over them from your throne in heaven.8LORD, judge all people. LORD, show that I have done what is right. Most High God, remember that I am honest.9God, you always do what is right. You look deep down inside the hearts and minds of people. Bring to an end the terrible things sinful people do. Make godly people safe.10The Most High God is like a shield that keeps me safe. He saves those whose hearts are honest.11God judges fairly. He shows his anger every day.12If evil people don’t change their ways, God will sharpen his sword. He will get his bow ready to use.13He has prepared his deadly weapons. He has made his flaming arrows ready.14Whoever is full of evil plans trouble and ends up telling lies.15Whoever digs a hole and shovels it out falls into the pit they have made.16The trouble they cause comes back on them. The terrible things they do will happen to them.17I will give thanks to the LORD because he does what is right. I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.
1A Shiggaion[1] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, (Ps 11,1; Ps 31,15; Hab 3,1)2lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver. (Hi 10,16; Ps 50,22)3O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, (1Sam 24,11; 1Sam 26,18; 2Sam 16,7; Ps 59,3)4if I have repaid my friend[2] with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, (1Sam 24,7; 1Sam 26,9; Ps 55,20)5let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. (Ps 89,39; Dan 8,7)6Arise, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment. (Hi 8,6; Ps 3,7; Ps 35,23; Ps 44,23; Ps 59,4; Ps 94,2; Jes 33,10)7Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.8The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. (Ps 18,20; Ps 26,1; Ps 35,24; Ps 43,1; Ps 58,11)9Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts,[3] O righteous God! (1Sam 16,7; 1Chr 28,9; Hi 23,10; Ps 11,5; Ps 26,2; Ps 139,1; Jer 11,20; Jer 17,10; Jer 20,12; Offb 2,23)10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. (2Chr 29,34; Ps 62,8)11God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day. (Hi 8,3; Nah 1,2; Nah 1,6)12If a man[4] does not repent, God[5] will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow; (5Mo 32,41; Ps 11,2; Ps 21,12; Ps 37,14)13he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. (Ps 18,14; Eph 6,16)14Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. (Hi 15,35; Jes 33,11; Jes 59,4; Jak 1,15)15He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. (Ps 9,15; Ps 57,6; Ps 119,85; Spr 26,27; Spr 28,10; Pred 10,8)16His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends. (Ri 9,24; 1Kön 2,32; Est 7,10; Est 9,25; Ps 94,23; Ps 141,10; Spr 5,22)17I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High. (Ps 9,2)