Psalms 71:4

He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”

Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.

Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man:

Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.

who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.

You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake.

Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.

Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.

An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.

Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!

To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.

I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.

For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

After they had departed, they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”

For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”

Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.

My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.

Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;

For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.

Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.

Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.

Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.

Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.

It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.

Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

I will also clothe her priests with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.

Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.

Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

Should an ax brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.

They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.

“ ‘Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps.

Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.

Their Redeemer is strong: Yahweh of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.

to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.

When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.