Psalm 7:1-17

¹O LORD my God, In You I have taken

refuge;

Save me from all those who pursue

me, and deliver me,

²Or he will tear my soul like a lion

Dragging me away, while there is

none to deliver.

³O LORD my God, if I have done this,

If there is injustice in my hands,

⁴If I have rewarded evil to my friend,

Or have plundered him who without

cause was my adversary,

⁵Let the enemy pursue my soul and

overtake it;

And let him trample my life down

to the ground

And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

⁶Arise, O LORD, in Your anger;

Lift up Yourself against the rage of

my adversaries.

And arouse Yourself for me; You

have appointed judgement.

⁷Let the assembly of the peoples

encompass You,

And over them return on high.

⁸The LORD judges the peoples;

Vindicate me, O LORD, according

to my righteousness and my

integrity that is in me.

⁹O let the evil of the wicked come

to and end, but establish the

righteous,

For the righteous God tries the

hearts and minds.

¹⁰My shield is with God,

Who saves the upright in heart.

¹¹God is a righteous judge,

And a God who has indignation

every day

¹²If a man does not repent, He will

sharpen His sword;

He has bent His bow and made it

ready.

¹³He has also prepared for Himself

deadly weapons;

He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

¹⁴Behold, he travails with wickedness,

And he conceives mischief and

brings forth falsehood.

¹⁵He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,

And has fallen into the hole which

he made.

¹⁶His mischief will return upon his

own head,

And his violence will descend upon

his own pate.

¹⁷I will give thanks to the LORD

according to His righteousness

And will sing praise to the name of

the LORD Most High.