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7:1  A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
7:2  or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
7:3  LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands--
7:4  if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe--
7:5  then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.
7:6  Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
7:7  Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.
7:8  Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
7:9  Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure-- you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.
7:10  My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
7:11  God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.
7:12  If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
7:13  He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
7:14  Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
7:15  Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.
7:16  The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.
7:17  I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.