Psalms 7

CAB^{(i) 1} A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Lord my God, in You have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me, ² lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save. ³ O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands) ⁴ if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies. ⁵ Let 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. ⁶ Arise, O Lord, in Your wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of my enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which You did command. ⁷ And the congregation of the nations shall compass You: and for this cause do You return on high. ⁸ The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me. ⁹ Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then You shall direct the righteous, O God that searches the hearts and minds. ¹⁰ My help is righteous, coming from God, who saves the upright in heart. ¹¹ God is a righteous Judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day. ¹² If you will not repent, He will furbish His sword; He has bent His bow, and made it ready. ¹³ And on it He has fitted the instruments of death; He has completed His arrows for the raging ones. ¹⁴ Behold, the wicked has travailed with unrighteousness; he has conceived trouble, and has brought forth iniquity. ¹⁵ He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made. ¹⁶ His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown. ¹⁷ I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord Most High.