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Psalms 7
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1A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Chusi the Benjamite.
1O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
2O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3Lest at any time [the enemy] seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.
3O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
4O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;)
4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5if I have requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.
5Let 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.
6Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.
6Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.
7So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this cause do thou return on high.
8The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.
9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and [then] thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.
10My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
11My help is righteous, [coming] from God who saves the upright in heart.
11God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
12God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day.
12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.
14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.
15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.
16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.
17I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.