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7:1  A plaintive song of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, the Benjaminite.
7:2  Lord my God, in you I trusted; save me; rescue me from all who pursue me,
7:3  Lest someone maul me like a lion, tear my soul apart with no one to deliver.
7:4  Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is guilt on my hands,
7:5  If I have maltreated someone treating me equitably— or even despoiled my oppressor without cause—
7:6  Then let my enemy pursue and overtake my soul, trample my life to the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah
7:7  Rise up, Lord, in your anger; be aroused against the outrages of my oppressors. Stir up the justice, my God, you have commanded.
7:8  Have the assembly of the peoples gather about you; and return on high above them,
7:9  the Lord will pass judgment on the peoples. Judge me, Lord, according to my righteousness, and my integrity.
7:10  Let the malice of the wicked end. Uphold the just one, O just God, who tries hearts and minds.
7:11  God is a shield above me saving the upright of heart.
7:12  God is a just judge, powerful and patient, not exercising anger every day.
7:13  If one does not repent, God sharpens his sword, strings and readies the bow,
7:14  Prepares his deadly shafts, makes arrows blazing thunderbolts.
7:15  Consider how one conceives iniquity; is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to deception.
7:16  He digs a hole and bores it deep, but he falls into the pit he has made.
7:17  His malice turns back upon his head; his violence falls on his own skull.
7:18  I will thank the Lord in accordance with his justice; I will sing the name of the Lord Most High.