PSALMS
CHAPTER 7

A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. <sup>[1]

1</sup> O LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
² or they will tear me like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

³ O LORD my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands-
⁴ if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me
or without cause have robbed my foe-
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

⁶ Arise, O LORD , in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around you.
Rule over them from on high;
⁸ let the LORD judge the peoples.
Judge me, O LORD , according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.
⁹ O righteous God,
who searches minds and hearts,
bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure.

¹⁰ My shield ^[2] is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is a righteous judge,
a God who expresses his wrath every day.
¹² If he does not relent,
he ^[3] will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.
¹³ He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.

¹⁴ He who is pregnant with evil
and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
¹⁵ He who digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit he has made.
¹⁶ The trouble he causes recoils on himself;
his violence comes down on his own head.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness
and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Footnotes

1. Title: Probably a literary or musical term
2. 7:10 Or sovereign
3. 7:12 Or If a man does not repent, / God

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