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Psalm 7 - New International Version, 2011 bible

Psalm 7

¹A shiggaion [8] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. [1] LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

²or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

³ LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands —

⁴if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe —

⁵then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. [9]

⁶Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.

⁷Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.

⁸Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.

⁹Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure — you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.

¹⁰My shield [10] is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.

¹¹God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.

¹²If he does not relent, he [11] will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.

¹³He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.

¹⁴Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.

¹⁵Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.

¹⁶The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.

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