NIV Psalms 7 Chapter
7:1
O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
7:2
or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
7:3
O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands--
7:4
if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me 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. ((Selah))
7:6
Arise, O 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. Rule over them from on high;
7:8
let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
7:9
O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
7:10
My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
7:11
God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses 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
He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
7:15
He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
7:16
The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
7:17
I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.