(0) Psalm 7 A shiggaion[1] 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[2] 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[3] 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.