Psalm 7

A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

 ¹ O LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
       save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
 ² or they will tear me like a lion
       and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
 ³ O LORD my God, if I have done this
       and there is guilt on my hands-
 ⁴ if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me
       or without cause have robbed my foe-
 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
 ⁶ Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
       rise up against the rage of my enemies.
       Awake, my God; decree justice.
 ⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around you.
       Rule over them from on high;
 ⁸ let the LORD judge the peoples.
       Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
       according to my integrity, O Most High.
 ⁹ O righteous God,
       who searches minds and hearts,
       bring to an end the violence of the wicked
       and make the righteous secure.
 ¹⁰ My shield is God Most High,
       who saves the upright in heart.
 ¹¹ God is a righteous judge,
       a God who expresses his wrath every day.
 ¹² If he does not relent,
       he will sharpen his sword;
       he will bend and string his bow.
 ¹³ He has prepared his deadly weapons;
       he makes ready his flaming arrows.
 ¹⁴ He who is pregnant with evil
       and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
 ¹⁵ He who digs a hole and scoops it out
       falls into the pit he has made.
 ¹⁶ The trouble he causes recoils on himself;
       his violence comes down on his own head.
 ¹⁷ I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness
       and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.