Psalms 7:1
O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
Psalms 7:2
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Psalms 7:3
O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Psalms 7:4
If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him that without cause is my enemy:)
Psalms 7:5
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life on the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
Psalms 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that you have commanded.
Psalms 7:7
So shall the congregation of the people compass you about: for their sakes therefore return you on high.
Psalms 7:8
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity that is in me.
Psalms 7:9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and reins.
Psalms 7:10
My defense is of God, which saves the upright in heart.
Psalms 7:11
God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Psalms 7:12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
Psalms 7:13
He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalms 7:14
Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psalms 7:15
He made a pit, and dig it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Psalms 7:16
His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down on his own pate.
Psalms 7:17
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.