PsalmsChapter 7

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¹A Shiggaion of David. He sang it to the LORD about what Cush, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, said.
LORD my God, I run to you to be safe.
Save me and rescue me from all who chase me.a ²If you don't, they will rip me apart like a lion.
They will tear me to pieces, and no one will rescue me. ³LORD my God, if I have done this,
if my hands have done wrong, ⁴if I have paid back my friend with evil,
if I have robbed my enemy for no reason, ⁵then let my enemy chase me and catch me.
Let him stomp me into the ground.
Let him leave my honor in the dust.
Selah ⁶Get up, LORD, in your anger.
Rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Wake up, my God, and order that justice be done. ⁷Let the peoples gather all around you.
Sit on your throne high above them. ⁸The LORD judges the peoples.
LORD, judge me and show that I am right,
because I have done right and kept my heart pure. ⁹Put an end to the evil of the wicked.
But make those who are right with you stand firm,
O righteous God,
you who look deep into hearts and minds. ¹⁰God is my shield.
He saves those whose hearts are honest. ¹¹God is a righteous judge.
He is a God who is angry at evil every day. ¹²If a person does not turn back to God, God will sharpen his sword.
He has bent his bow and put on the string. ¹³He has made his deadly weapons ready.
He makes his arrows into flaming arrows. ¹⁴Look, the wicked man is full of evil, like a woman in labor.
He becomes pregnant with trouble.
He gives birth to lies. ¹⁵He has dug a hole and made it deep.
Then he has fallen into the pit he made. ¹⁶The trouble he causes comes back on him.
His violence falls on his own head. ¹⁷I will thank the LORD because he is righteous.
I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.