Psalms 7
1 A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD because of the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.
2 LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save me from all who pursue me and deliver me.
3 Otherwise, he will tear my life apart like a lion; he will drag me away, and no one will rescue me.
4 LORD my God, did I do this? Is there injustice in my hands?
5 Did I repay with evil someone who was at peace with me—when I had rescued my adversary for no reason?
6 Then let the enemy pursue my life and catch me; let him trample my life into the ground and leave my glory in the dust. Selah.
7 Rise up, LORD, in your anger; stand against the fury of my adversaries. Awaken for me: you have ordained judgment.
8 Let the assembly of the peoples surround you; return on high over them.
9 The LORD judges the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness and the integrity within me.
10 Let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, and establish the righteous, righteous God, who tests hearts and kidneys.
11 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
12 God is a just judge, a God who is indignant every day.
13 If someone does not turn back, he sharpens his sword; he has already strung his bow and made it ready.
14 He has prepared weapons of death for him; he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.
15 Look: the wicked one is in labor with evil; he has conceived trouble and given birth to lies.
16 He dug a pit and made it deep, then fell into the hole he had made.
17 The trouble he causes returns upon his own head; his violence comes down on his own skull.
18 I will praise the LORD for his righteousness and sing to the name of the LORD Most High.
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