Psalm 7 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,

Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].

O LORD my God, if I have done this,

If there is injustice in my hands,

If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me,

Or without cause robbed him who was my enemy,

Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;

And let him trample my life to the ground

And lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

Arise, O LORD, in Your anger;

Lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies;

Rise up for me; You have commanded judgment and vindication.

Let the assembly of the nations be gathered around You,

And return on high over them.

The LORD judges the peoples;

Judge me, O LORD, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You];

For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

My shield and my defense depend on God,

Who saves the upright in heart.

God is a righteous judge,

And a God who is indignant every day.

If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword;

He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.

He has also prepared [other] deadly weapons for Himself;

He makes His arrows fiery shafts [aimed at the unrepentant].

Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,

And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,

And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].

His mischief will return on his own head,

And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].

I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness and justice,

And I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.