7:1 A shiggaion by David, which he sang to the Lordbecause of the words of Cush, from the tribe of Benjamin. O Lord my God, in you I take refuge. Save me from all my pursuers and deliver me.
7:2 Otherwise, like a lion they will tear me apart. They will drag me away with no one to rescue me.
7:3 O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands,
7:4 if I have done evil to anyone who is at peace with me, or if I have robbed my foe for no reason,
7:5 then let an enemy pursue my life and overtake me. Let him trample my life to the ground and make my glory dwell in the dust. Interlude
7:6 Stand up, O Lord, in your anger. Rise up against the fury of my foes. Awake for me. You have commanded justice.
7:7 A crowd of peoples surrounds you. Turn against them from on high.
7:8 Let the Lord judge the peoples. Acquit me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity which is in me.
7:9 The evil of the wicked will come to an end, but you will establish the righteous. You search minds and hearts, O righteous God.
7:10 My shield is God, who saves the upright in heart.
7:11 God, the judge, is righteous, but he is a God who expresses his wrath every day.
7:12 If he does not relent, the Lord will sharpen his sword. He has bent his bow and will string it.
7:13 He prepares his deadly weapons. He will make his arrows flames.
7:14 Yes, whoever conceives evil and is pregnant with trouble will give birth to disappointment.
7:15 He digs a pit and scoops it out, and he will fall into the hole he has made.
7:16 The trouble he causes comes back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of his own skull.
7:17 I will thank the Lord because of his righteousness, and I will make music to the name of the Lord Most High.
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