Psalms - Chapter 7 | New International Version

  • 1. {A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.} O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
  • 2. or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
  • 3. O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands--
  • 4. if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe--
  • 5. then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah
  • 6. Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
  • 7. Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;
  • 8. let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
  • 9. O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
  • 10. My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
  • 11. God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.
  • 12. If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
  • 13. He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
  • 14. He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
  • 15. He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
  • 16. The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
  • 17. I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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