7:1 A shiggaion by David; he sang it to Yahweh about the slanderous words of Cush, a descendant of Benjamin. O Yahweh my Elohim, I have taken refuge in you. Save me, and rescue me from all who are pursuing me.
7:2 Like a lion they will tear me to pieces and drag me off with no one to rescue me.
7:3 O Yahweh my Elohim, if I have done this— if my hands are stained with injustice,
7:4 if I have paid back my friend with evil or rescued someone who has no reason to attack me—
7:5 then let the enemy chase me and catch me. Let him trample my life into the ground. Let him lay my honor in the dust. Selah
7:6 Arise in anger, O Yahweh. Stand up against the fury of my attackers. Wake up, my God. You have already pronounced judgment.
7:7 Let an assembly of people gather around you. Take your seat high above them.
7:8 Yahweh judges the people of the world. Judge me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity.
7:9 Let the evil within wicked people come to an end, but make the righteous person secure, O righteous Elohim who examines thoughts and emotions.
7:10 My Magen is Elohim above, who saves those whose motives are decent.
7:11 Elohim is a fair Shophet, an El who is angered by injustice every day.
7:12 If a person does not change, Elohim sharpens his sword. By bending his bow, he makes it ready to shoot.
7:13 He prepares his deadly weapons and turns them into flaming arrows.
7:14 See how that person conceives evil, is pregnant with harm, and gives birth to lies.
7:15 He digs a pit and shovels it out. Then he falls into the hole that he made for others.
7:16 His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him.
7:17 I will give thanks to Yahweh for his righteousness. I will make music to praise the name of Yahweh Elyon.
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