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