Psalms 7

Psalm 7 ESV

1David prayeth against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocence. 10By faith he seeth his defence, and the destruction of his enemies.
A 1Shiggaiona of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.
1 O Lord my God, in you do I 1take refuge; 2save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
2 lest like 1a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with 2none to deliver.
3 O Lord my God, 1if I have done this, if there is 2wrong in my hands,
4 if I have repaid 1my frienda with evil or 2plundered my enemy without cause,
5 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him 1trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
6 1Arise, O Lord, in your anger; 2lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; 3awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.
8 The Lord 1judges the peoples; 2judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who 1test 2the minds and hearts,a O righteous God!
10 My shield is 1with God, who saves 2the upright in heart.
11 God is 1a righteous judge, and a God who feels 2indignation every day.
12 If a mana does not repent, Godb will 1whet his sword; he has 2bent and 3readied his bow;
13 he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his 1arrows 2fiery shafts.
14 Behold, the wicked man 1conceives evil and is 2pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.
15 He makes 1a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.
16 His 1mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will 1sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
Psalms 7

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