Psalm 7

¹I take refuge in you, LORD , my God.

Save me from all who chase me!

Rescue me!

²Otherwise, they will rip me apart,

dragging me off with no chance of rescue.

³LORD , my God, if I have done this—

⁵then let my enemy

⁶Get up, LORD ; get angry!

Stand up against the fury of my foes!

Wake up, my God;

you command that justice be done!

⁷Let the assembled peoples surround you.

Rule them from on high!

⁸The LORD will judge the peoples.

Establish justice for me, LORD ,

according to my righteousness

and according to my integrity.

⁹Please let the evil of the wicked be over,

but set the righteous firmly in place

because you, the righteous God,

are the one who examines hearts and minds.

¹⁰God is my shield;

he saves those whose heart is right.

¹¹God is a righteous judge,

a God who is angry at evil every single day.

¹²If someone doesn’t change their ways,

God will sharpen his sword,

will bend his bow,

will string an arrow.

¹³God has deadly weapons in store

for those who won’t change;

he gets his flaming arrows ready!

¹⁴But look how the wicked hatch evil,

conceive trouble, give birth to lies!

¹⁵They make a pit, dig it all out,

and then fall right into the hole that they’ve made!

¹⁶The trouble they cause

the violence they commit

¹⁷But I will thank the LORD

I will sing praises