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Psalm 7
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(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.

  1. [Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  2. [10] Or sovereign
  3. [12] Or If a man does not repent, God

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