Psalm 7

Psalm 7

PRAYER FOR JUSTICE

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.

¹Lord my God, I seek refuge in you;^r

save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,^s

²or they^A will tear me like a lion,

ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.^t

³Lord my God, if I have done this,

if there is injustice on my hands,^u

⁴if I have done harm to one at peace with me^v

or have plundered^B my adversary without cause,^w

⁵may an enemy pursue and overtake me;

may he trample me to the ground^x

and leave my honor in the dust.^y

Selah

⁶Rise up, Lord, in your anger;

lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;^z

awake for me;^Caa

you have ordained a judgment.^ab

⁷Let the assembly of peoples gather around you;^ac

take your seat on high over it.^ad

⁸The Lord judges the peoples;^ae

vindicate me, Lord,

according to my righteousness and my integrity.^af

⁹Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,^ag

but establish the righteous.^ah

The one who examines the thoughts and emotions^D

is a righteous God.^ai

¹⁰My shield is with God,^aj

who saves the upright in heart.^ak

¹¹God is a righteous judge

and a God who shows his wrath every day.^al

¹²If anyone does not repent,

he will sharpen his sword;^am

he has strung his bow and made it ready.^an

¹³He has prepared his deadly weapons;

he tips his arrows with fire.^ao

¹⁴See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,

conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.^ap

¹⁵He dug a pit and hollowed it out

but fell into the hole he had made.^aq

¹⁶His trouble comes back on his own head;

his own violence comes down on top of his head.^ar

¹⁷I will thank the Lord for his righteousness;

I will sing about the name of the Lord Most High.^as