| Chapter 7
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| 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. |
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17 | I will praise the LORD according to his
righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. |
