Psalm 7

O LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who
pursue me,
or they will tear me like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

O LORD my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands -
if I have done evil to him who is at
peace with me
or without cause have robbed my
foe -
then let my enemy pursue and
overtake me;
let him trample my life to the
ground
and make me sleep in the dust.

Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my
enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
Let the assembled peoples gather
around you.
Rule over them from on high;
let the LORD judge the peoples.
Judge me, O LORD, according to my
righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most
High.
O righteous God,
who searches minds and hearts,
bring to an end the violence of the
wicked
and make the righteous secure.

My shield is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.
God is a righteous judge,
a God who expresses his wrath
every day.
If he does not relent,
he will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and and string his bow.
He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming
arrows.

He who is pregnant with evil
and conceives trouble gives birth
to disillusionment.
He who digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit he has made.
The trouble he causes recoils on
himself;
his violence comes down on his
own head.

I will give thanks to the LORD because
of his righteousness
and will sing praise to the name
of the LORD Most High.