Psalms 7

ISV^{(i) 1} A Davidic psalm, which he sang to the LORD, because of the words of Cush the descendant of Benjamin.
A Prayer for Vindication LORD, my God, I seek refuge in you. Deliver me from those who persecute me! Rescue me! ² Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me. ³ LORD, my God, if I have done this thing, if there is injustice on my hands, ⁴ if I have rewarded those who did me good with evil, if I have plundered my enemy without justification, ⁵ then, let my enemy pursue me, let him overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground. Interlude Let him put my honor into the dust. ⁶ Get up, LORD, in your anger! Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies; Arouse yourself for me; you have ordained justice. ⁷ Let the assembly of the peoples gather around you, and you will sit high above them. ⁸ For the LORD will judge the peoples. Judge me according to my righteousness, LORD, and according to my integrity, Exalted One. ⁹ Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts. ¹⁰ God is my shield, the one who delivers the upright in heart. ¹¹ God is a righteous judge, a God who is angry with sinners every day. ¹² If the ungodly one doesn’t repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will string his bow and prepare it. ¹³ He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts. ¹⁴ But the wicked one travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies. ¹⁵ He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made. ¹⁶ The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull. ¹⁷ But as for me, I will praise the LORD for his righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High.