Psalm 7 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

The LORD Implored to Defend the Psalmist against the Wicked.

Psa 7:1A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush a Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in thee do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,

Psa 7:2

Psa 7:2lest like a lion they rend me, dragging me away, with none to rescue.

Psa 7:3

Psa 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

Psa 7:4

Psa 7:4if I have requited my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,

Psa 7:5

Psa 7:5let the enemy pursue me and overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust. Selah

Psa 7:6

Psa 7:6Arise, O LORD, in thy anger, lift thyself up against the fury of my enemies; awake, O my God; thou hast appointed a judgment.

Psa 7:7

Psa 7:7Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about thee; and over it take thy seat on high.

Psa 7:8

Psa 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

Psa 7:9

Psa 7:9O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.

Psa 7:10

Psa 7:10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

Psa 7:11

Psa 7:11God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.

Psa 7:12

Psa 7:12If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;

Psa 7:13

Psa 7:13he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.

Psa 7:14

Psa 7:14Behold, the wicked man conceives evil, and is pregnant with mischief, and brings forth lies.

Psa 7:15

Psa 7:15He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole which he has made.

Psa 7:16

Psa 7:16His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.

Psa 7:17

Psa 7:17I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

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Psalm 7 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

The LORD Implored to Defend the Psalmist against the Wicked.

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