Psalms 7
Open in the reader1A Wandering-Lament of Beloved, which he sang to He-Who-Is concerning Cush, a Benjaminite.
2O He-Who-Is my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
3or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
4O He-Who-Is my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
5if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
6then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
7Arise, O He-Who-Is, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
8Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
9He-Who-Is judges the peoples; vindicate me, O He-Who-Is, according to my righteousness and integrity.
10Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
11My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
12God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
13If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
14He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
15Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
16He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
17His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
18I will thank He-Who-Is for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of He-Who-Is Most High.