Psalms 7

Psalm 7

1Lord my God, I take refuge in you;

save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

2or they will tear me apart like a lion

and rip me to pieces with no-one to rescue me.

3Lord my God, if I have done this

and there is guilt on my hands –

4if I have repaid my ally with evil

or without cause have robbed my foe –

5then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;

let him trample my life to the ground

and make me sleep in the dust.

6Arise, Lord , in your anger;

rise up against the rage of my enemies.

Awake, my God; decree justice.

7Let the assembled peoples gather round you,

while you sit enthroned over them on high.

8Let the Lord judge the peoples.

Vindicate me, Lord , according to my righteousness,

according to my integrity, O Most High.

9Bring to an end the violence of the wicked

and make the righteous secure –

you, the righteous God

who probes minds and hearts.

10My shield is God Most High,[#7:10 Or sovereign]

who saves the upright in heart.

11God is a righteous judge,

a God who displays his wrath every day.

12If he does not relent,

he will sharpen his sword;

he will bend and string his bow.

13He has prepared his deadly weapons;

he makes ready his flaming arrows.

14Whoever is pregnant with evil

conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.

15Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out

falls into the pit they have made.

16The trouble they cause recoils on them;

their violence comes down on their own heads.

17I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;

I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.

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