NIVUK ▾PsalmsPsalms 71Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,2or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no-one to rescue me.3Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands –4if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe –5then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.6Arise, Lord , in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.7Let the assembled peoples gather round you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.8Let the Lord judge the peoples. Vindicate me, Lord , according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.9Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure – you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.10My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.11God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.12If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.13He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.14Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.15Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.16The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.17I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.Psalms 6Psalms 8