Psalms 7

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:	1 A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush, the son of Jemini.
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.	2 O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me:
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;	3 lest at any time, like a lion, he might seize my soul, while there is no one to redeem me, nor any who can save.
4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)	4 O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this:
5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.	5 if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies:
6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.	6 let the enemy pursue my soul, and take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust.
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.	7 Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded,
8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.	8 and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.	9 The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.
10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.	10 The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.
11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.	11 Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.
12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.	12 God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?
13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.	13 Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.	14 And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.
15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.	15 Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.	16 He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.
17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.	17 His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.
	18 I will confess to the Lord according to his justice, and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord Most High.