Psalms 7

¹ A plaintive song of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, the Benjaminite.

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

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

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

⁵ If I have repaid my friend with evil-- I spared even those who hated me without cause--

⁶ Then let my enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and leave me dishonored in the dust.Selah

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

⁸ Have the assembly of the peoples gather about you; sit on your throne high above them,

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

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

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

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

¹³ If sinners do not repent, God sharpens his sword, strings and readies the bow,

¹⁴ Prepares his deadly shafts, makes arrows blazing thunderbolts.

¹⁵ Sinners conceive iniquity; pregnant with mischief, they give birth to failure.

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

¹⁷ Their mischief comes back upon themselves; their violence falls on their own heads.

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