1Lied in freien Rhythmen von David. Er sang vor Jahwe wegen der Worte des Benjaminiten Kusch.[1]2Jahwe, mein Gott, bei dir suche ich Schutz; / rette mich vor allen, die mich hetzen, und befreie mich,3dass niemand wie ein Löwe mein Leben zerreißt, / dass er mich packt und keiner da ist, der hilft!4Jahwe, mein Gott, wenn ich es getan habe, / wenn Unrecht an meinen Händen klebt,5wenn ich friedfertigen Menschen Böses antat, / wenn ich die beraubte, die mich jetzt grundlos verklagen,6dann soll mein Feind mich verfolgen und packen, / dann richte er mein Leben zugrunde / und trete meine Ehre in den Dreck! ♪7Steh auf in deinem Zorn, Jahwe! / Stell dich gegen die Wut meiner Bedränger! / Greif ein und stelle das Recht wieder her!8Versammle die Völker um dich zum Gericht / und kehre dann in die Höhe zurück!9Jahwe wird die Völker richten. / Verschaffe mir Recht, Jahwe, / denn ich bin doch im Recht! / Du weißt, dass ich aufrichtig bin.10Lass die Bosheit der Boshaften enden, / und gib dem Gerechten Bestand, / gerechter Gott, der Herz und Nieren prüft!11Gott ist mein Schild über mir. / Er rettet die, die aufrichtig sind.12Gott ist ein gerechter Richter, / ein Gott, der täglich sein Urteil vollstreckt.13Schon schärft er sein Schwert, / spannt seinen Bogen und zielt.14Seine tödlichen Waffen liegen bereit, / die Brandpfeile brennen.15Wer Böses im Sinn hat, / geht schwanger mit Unheil / und bringt nichts als Falschheit zur Welt.16Er gräbt eine Grube, schaufelt tief / und fällt dann selbst hinein.17Seine Bosheit kommt zu ihm zurück / und fällt ihm selbst auf den Kopf.18Ich preise Jahwe für sein gerechtes Tun. / Ich besinge den Namen des Höchsten, den Namen Jahwe!
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)