| 1 | O Lord my God, in You I take refuge
and
put my trust; save me from all those who pursue
and
persecute me, and deliver me, |
| 2 | Lest my foe tear my life [from my body] like a lion, dragging
me
away while there is none to deliver. |
| 3 | O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, |
| 4 | If I have paid back with evil him who was at peace with me or without cause have robbed him who was my enemy, |
| 5 | Let the enemy pursue my life and take it; yes, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust.
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 6 | Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies; and awake [and stir up] for me the justice
and
vindication [that] You have commanded. |
| 7 | Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about You, and return on high over them. |
| 8 | The Lord judges the people; judge me, O Lord,
and
do me justice according to my righteousness [my rightness, justice, and right standing with You] and according to the integrity that is in me. |
| 9 | Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the [uncompromisingly] righteous [those upright and in harmony with You]; for You, Who try the hearts and emotions
and
thinking powers, are a righteous God. |
| 10 | My defense
and
shield depend on God, Who saves the upright in heart. |
| 11 | God is a righteous Judge, yes, a God Who is indignant every day. |
| 12 | If a man does not turn
and
repent, [God] will whet His sword; He has strung
and
bent His [huge] bow and made it ready [by treading it with His foot]. |
| 13 | He has also prepared for him deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. |
| 14 | Behold, [the wicked man] conceives iniquity and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. |
| 15 | He made a pit and hollowed it out and has fallen into the hole which he made [before the trap was completed]. |
| 16 | His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp. |
| 17 | I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His rightness
and
justice, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 7:9 : Rev. 2:23.
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