【Psalms】Psalm 7 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

7:1 A plaintive song of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, theBenjaminite.I

7:2 LORD my God, in you I take refuge; rescue me; save me from all who pursue me,

7:3 Lest they maul me like lions, tear me to pieces with none to save.II

7:4 LORD my God, if I am at fault in this, if there is guilt on my hands,

7:5 If I have repaid my friend with evil ?I spared even those who hated mewithout cause ?

7:6 Then let my enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, andleave me dishonored in the dust.SelahIII

7:7 Rise up, LORD, in your anger; rise against the fury of my foes. Wake to judgeas you have decreed.

7:8 Have the assembly of the peoples gather about you; sit on your throne highabove them,

7:9 O LORD, judge of the nations. Grant me justice, LORD, for I am blameless,free of any guilt.

7:10 Bring the malice of the wicked to an end; uphold the innocent, O God ofjustice, who tries hearts and minds.IV

7:11 A shield before me is God who saves the honest heart.

7:12 God is a just judge, who rebukes in anger every day.

7:13 If sinners do not repent, God sharpens his sword, strings and readies thebow,

7:14 Prepares his deadly shafts, makes arrows blazing thunderbolts.V

7:15 Sinners conceive iniquity; pregnant with mischief, they give birth tofailure.

7:16 They open a hole and dig it deep, but fall into the pit they have dug.

7:17 Their mischief comes back upon themselves; their violence falls on their ownheads. VI

7:18 I praise the justice of the LORD; I celebrate the name of the LORD Most High.

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