Psalms 7
I Take Refuge in You
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
1or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.2O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
3if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
4then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
5Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
6Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
7The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
8Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
9My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
10God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
11If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
12He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
13Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
14He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
15His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
16I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.