They came with a whisper, they came with a lie,
words I never spoke, held up to the sky;
but I know where I run when the hunt draws near --
to the One who won't leave me. He's right here.

There's a shadow on the road, teeth set in the dark,
a lyin' tongue on my trail and a lion's heart;
he'd tear my soul in two on the open ground,
drag me low to a place where there's no help around.

O Lord my God, it's in You that I hide --
save me from all of 'em, deliver me tonight.

If there's blood on these hands, if the charge is true,
if I paid back a friend with the worst I could do,
if I robbed the very man who was at peace with me --
then let the hunter take me; I'll make no plea.

Let him tread my life to dust, lay my honor in the ground.
But You try the heart, Lord -- You know what You found.

So arise, O Lord, in Your anger -- lift Yourself high,
to the judgment You commanded; let the liars' rage die;
let the false word fall, and their arrow miss the mark --
'cause my defense is--

God! You're my refuge and my shield,
the righteous Judge who will not yield;
my defense is God, my defense is God --
He saves the upright heart.

So try me, Lord -- arise and judge my cause;
I won't raise my hand, I lay my weapon down.
Though the lions come circlin' and the arrows fly,
I got nowhere else -- I run to You.

God judges right, and His anger burns each day
at the man of blood who will not turn away;
if he won't turn back, the Lord will whet the sword,
bend the bow, make it ready, speak the final word --

He has aimed His arrows true at the ones who hunt the just;
so I keep my two hands empty -- I put it in His trust.

God! You're my refuge and my shield,
the righteous Judge who will not yield;
my defense is God, my defense is God --
He saves the upright heart.

So try me, Lord -- arise and judge my cause;
I won't raise my hand, I lay my weapon down.
Though the lions come circlin' and the arrows fly,
I got nowhere else -- I run to You.

He was heavy with a lie, and he labored to deceive,
conceived his little mischief, brought forth what none believe;
he dug himself a pit in the dark, dug it deep,
covered it over, laid low, and waited for me to fall --

but the ground caved in on the one who was diggin',
and he went down in his own ditch, sling and sword and all.
All the mischief that he made comes rollin' back home,
right down on the crown of his own head.

(He fell in) -- in the trap that he laid,
(He fell in) -- and the Lord was my shade;
I never raised a hand, no -- the Lord, He raised His instead.

God! You were my refuge and my shield,
the righteous Judge who would not yield;
my defense was God, my defense was God --
He saved the upright heart.

So I'll praise the Lord for the right that He has done,
sing to the name of the High and Holy One;
I was hunted and hidin' -- now I'm liftin' up my hands,
singin' praise, singin' praise to You.

Sing praise to the name of the Most High --
(I run to You) -- sing praise to the Most High;
He was my refuge when the lions came,
so I'll sing to the Most High.

Oh -- I run to You...
(I run to You) -- sing praise to the Most High.