RSV Psalms 7 Chapter
7:1
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush a Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in thee do I take refuge;save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,
7:2
lest like a lion they rend me, dragging me away, with none to rescue.
7:3
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
7:4
if I have requited my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
7:5
let the enemy pursue me and overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust. [Selah]
7:6
Arise, O LORD, in thy anger, lift thyself up against the fury of my enemies;awake, O my God;thou hast appointed a judgment.
7:7
Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about thee;and over it take thy seat on high.
7:8
The LORD judges the peoples;judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
7:9
O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.
7:10
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
7:11
God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.
7:12
If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword;he has bent and strung his bow;
7:13
he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
7:14
Behold, the wicked man conceives evil, and is pregnant with mischief, and brings forth lies.
7:15
He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole which he has made.
7:16
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.
7:17
I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.