Psalms 7

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 A plaintive song of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, the Benjaminite.	1 A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush, the son of Jemini.
2 LORD my God, in you I take refuge; rescue me; save me from all who pursue me,	2 O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me:
3 Lest they maul me like lions, tear me to pieces with none to save.	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 LORD my God, if I am at fault in this, if there is guilt on my hands,	4 O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this:
5 If I have repaid my friend with evil-- I spared even those who hated me without cause--	5 if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies:
6 Then let my enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and leave me dishonored in the dust.Selah	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 Rise up, LORD, in your anger; rise against the fury of my foes. Wake to judge as you have decreed.	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 Have the assembly of the peoples gather about you; sit on your throne high above them,	8 and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high.
9 O LORD, judge of the nations. Grant me justice, LORD, for I am blameless, free of any guilt.	9 The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.
10 Bring the malice of the wicked to an end; uphold the innocent, O God of justice, who tries hearts and minds.	10 The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.
11 A shield before me is God who saves the honest heart.	11 Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.
12 God is a just judge, who rebukes in anger every day.	12 God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?
13 If sinners do not repent, God sharpens his sword, strings and readies the bow,	13 Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.
14 Prepares his deadly shafts, makes arrows blazing thunderbolts.	14 And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.
15 Sinners conceive iniquity; pregnant with mischief, they give birth to failure.	15 Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.
16 They open a hole and dig it deep, but fall into the pit they have dug.	16 He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.
17 Their mischief comes back upon themselves; their violence falls on their own heads.	17 His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.
18 I praise the justice of the LORD; I celebrate the name of the LORD Most High.	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.