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Psalms 7

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1 Lord my God, I trust in you for protection. Save me and rescue me from those who are chasing me.
1 LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
2 Otherwise, like a lion they will tear me apart. They will rip me to pieces, and no one can save me.
2 or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 Lord my God, what have I done? Have my hands done something wrong?
3 LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—
4 Have I done wrong to my friend or stolen without reason from my enemy?
4 if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe—
5 If I have, let my enemy chase me and capture me. Let him trample me into the dust and bury me in the ground.Selah
5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.
6 Lord, rise up in your anger; stand up against my enemies' anger. Get up and demand fairness.
6 Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
7 Gather the nations around you and rule them from above.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.
8 Lord, judge the people. Lord, defend me because I am right, because I have done no wrong, God Most High.
8 Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
9 God, you do what is right. You know our thoughts and feelings. Stop those wicked actions done by evil people, and help those who do what is right.
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure— you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts.
10 God protects me like a shield; he saves those whose hearts are right.
10 My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God judges by what is right, and God is always ready to punish the wicked.
11 God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.
12 If they do not change their lives, God will sharpen his sword; he will string his bow and take aim.
12 If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons; he has made his flaming arrows.
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
14 There are people who think up evil and plan trouble and tell lies.
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
15 They dig a hole to trap others, but they will fall into it themselves.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.
16 They will get themselves into trouble; the violence they cause will hurt only themselves.
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.
17 I praise the Lord because he does what is right. I sing praises to the Lord Most High. For the director of music. On the gittith. A psalm of David.
17 I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.
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