| 7:1 |
O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, |
| 7:2 |
or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. |
| 7:3 |
O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands-- |
| 7:4 |
if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe-- |
| 7:5 |
then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah |
| 7:6 |
Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. |
| 7:7 |
Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high; |
| 7:8 |
let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High. |
| 7:9 |
O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure. |
| 7:10 |
My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. |
| 7:11 |
God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day. |
| 7:12 |
If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow. |
| 7:13 |
He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. |
| 7:14 |
He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment. |
| 7:15 |
He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made. |
| 7:16 |
The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head. |
| 7:17 |
I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. |
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