Psalm 7:1–5

O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge;

save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,

lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,

rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.

O Lord my God, if I have done this,

if there is wrong in my hands,

if I have repaid my friend with evil

or plundered my enemy without cause,

let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,

and let him trample my life to the ground

and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Lord my God, I take refuge in you;

save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

or they will tear me apart like a lion

and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

Lord my God, if I have done this

and there is guilt on my hands—

if I have repaid my ally with evil

or without cause have robbed my foe—

then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;

let him trample my life to the ground

and make me sleep in the dust.

Lord my God, I seek refuge in you;

save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,

or they will tear me like a lion,

ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

Lord my God, if I have done this,

if there is injustice on my hands,

if I have done harm to one at peace with me

or have plundered my adversary without cause,

may an enemy pursue and overtake me;

may he trample me to the ground

and leave my honor in the dust.

Selah

I come to you for protection, O Lord my God.

Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!

If you don’t, they will maul me like a lion,

tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

O Lord my God, if I have done wrong

or am guilty of injustice,

if I have betrayed a friend

or plundered my enemy without cause,

then let my enemies capture me.

Let them trample me into the ground

and drag my honor in the dust.

Interlude

O Yahweh, my God, in you I have taken refuge.

Save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me.

Or else he will tear me apart like a lion,

ripping to pieces, with none to deliver.

O Yahweh, my God, if I have done this,

if there is wrong in my hands,

if I have repaid my ally with harm,

or if I have plundered my enemy without cause,

let the enemy of my soul pursue,

and overtake and trample my life into the ground,

and lay my honor in the dust. Selah

O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust:

Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

Lest he tear my soul like a lion,

Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

O Lord my God, if I have done this;

If there be iniquity in my hands;

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;

(Yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it;

Yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth,

And lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.