OEBcth - Psalms - 7

7:1  Lord my God, I take refuge in you. Deliver me, save me from all who pursue me;

7:2  or like lions they will tear me to pieces, and rend me, past hope of rescue.

7:3  Lord, my God, if my life has been such if my hands have been stained with guilt,

7:4  if friends I paid back with evil, if I plundered my foes without cause,

7:5  may the enemy chase and find me, trample my life to the ground, my honour leave in the dirt! (Selah)

7:6  Arise, Lord, in anger, against my foes rise in fury. Awake for my help: let justice be done.

7:7  Gather the nations about you, and sit on your lofty throne,

7:8  as the Lord, the judge of the peoples. Judge me, Lord, in my innocence and according to my integrity.

7:9  Put an end to the wrong of the wicked, protect the righteous. Searcher of hearts and minds, righteous God.

7:10  God is my shield: he saves the upright in heart.

7:11  God is a just judge, constant in righteous anger.

7:12  He will sharpen his sword without fail, his bow is bent and ready,

7:13  his deadly weapons are ready, his arrows he makes of flame.

7:14  The enemy who conceives evil; pregnant with mischief, giving birth to lies,

7:15  a pit they have made and dug; but into the hole that they made they will fall.

7:16  On their own heads their mischief comes back; on their own skulls their violence comes down.

7:17  I will give thanks to the Lord for his justice, and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.