Psalm 7–8

Psalm 7

Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies

A aMeditation 1Of David, Which He Sang to the Lord bConcerning the Words of Cush, a Benjamite.

1 O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; cSave me from all those who persecute me;

And deliver me,

2 dLest they tear me like a lion,

eRending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

3 O Lord my God, fif I have done this:

If there is giniquity in my hands,

4 If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,

Or hhave plundered my enemy without cause,

5 Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;

Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,

And lay my honor in the dust.

Selah

6 Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;

iLift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies;

jRise up 2for me to the judgment You have commanded!

7 So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You;

For their sakes, therefore, return on high.

8 The Lord shall judge the peoples;

kJudge me, O Lord, laccording to my righteousness,

And according to my integrity within me.

9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,

But establish the just;

mFor the righteous God tests the hearts and 3minds.

10 4My defense is of God,

Who saves the nupright in heart.

11 God is a just judge,

And God is angry with the wicked every day.

12 If he does not turn back,

He will osharpen His sword;

He bends His bow and makes it ready.

13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;

He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.

14 pBehold, the wicked brings forth iniquity;

Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.

15 He made a pit and dug it out,

qAnd has fallen into the ditch which he made.

16 rHis trouble shall return upon his own head,

And his violent dealing shall come down on 5his own crown.

17 I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness,

And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

Psalm 8

The Glory of the Lord In Creation

To the Chief Musician. 1On the Instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, our Lord,

How aexcellent is Your name in all the earth,

Who have bset Your glory above the heavens!

2 cOut of the mouth of babes and nursing infants

You have 2ordained strength,

Because of Your enemies,

That You may silence dthe enemy and the avenger.

3 When I econsider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

4 fWhat is man that You are mindful of him,

And the son of man that You gvisit 3him?

5 For You have made him a little lower than 4the angels,

And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

6 hYou have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;

iYou have put all things under his feet,

7 All sheep and oxen—

Even the beasts of the field,

8 The birds of the air,

And the fish of the sea

That pass through the paths of the seas.

9 jO Lord, our Lord,

How excellent is Your name in all the earth!