² If you do not keep me safe,
    my enemies will tear me into pieces.
They will attack me like lions do,
    and nobody will be able to save me.
^3-5 Lord, my God, if I have done a wrong thing,
    then let my enemies chase me and catch me.
If I have done a bad thing against a friend,
    let my enemies catch me.
If I have helped a friend's enemy to attack him,
    let my enemies catch me!
If I am guilty of any of these things,
    let my enemies knock me down to the ground.
They should leave me there,
    so that I lie as a dead person in the dirt.
Selah.