Targum zu Tehillim 7:78

A rendition of the thanksgiving of David, who gave praise to the Lord; for he spoke a song about the ruin of Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.

O LORD my God, I have trusted in your word; deliver me from all my persecutors and save me.

Lest he crush my soul like a lion; he will tear and there is no one who will deliver me.

O LORD my God, if I have made this song with evil intent, if there is oppression in my hand,

If I have repaid my ally with evil, or thrust away my oppressor for nothing,

May the enemy pursue my soul, and may he overtake and trample my life to the ground, and may my honor rest in the dust forever.

Arise, O LORD, in your might; be lifted up in anger against my oppressors; and bring hastily to me the justice that you commanded.

The gathering of the nations will surround you; because of it return to the place of your presence.

The word of the LORD will judge the Gentiles; judge me, O LORD, by my merit, and for my innocence recompense me.

Now may the evil of the wicked perish; and let the righteous be firmly established; and the righteous God examines hearts and minds.²²lit. kidneys

My shield is on God, redeemer of the upright of heart.

God is the righteous judge, and in might is angry at the wicked every day.

If one does not repent and reverence him,²³lit., return to his fear his sword is whetted, his bow drawn and ready.

On his account, he has prepared the weapons of death; he will make his arrows for those who pursue the righteous.

Behold, he will be in pains with falsehood, and will conceive trouble, and give birth to falsehood.

He has dug a pit and deepened it; and he fell in the pit he made.

His misery will return on his head; and on his pate his rapacity will descend.

I will thank²⁴give praise the LORD according to his righteousness; and I will praise the name of God Most High.