Psalm 7-8

New International Version

³ Lord my God, if I have done this
    and there is guilt on my hands^(G)—
⁴ if I have repaid my ally with evil
    or without cause^(H) have robbed my foe—
⁵ then let my enemy pursue and overtake^(I) me;
    let him trample my life to the ground^(J)
    and make me sleep in the dust.^[c](K)

⁶ Arise,^(L) Lord, in your anger;
    rise up against the rage of my enemies.^(M)
    Awake,^(N) my God; decree justice.
⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
    while you sit enthroned over them on high.^(O)
8     Let the Lord judge^(P) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,^(Q)
    according to my integrity,^(R) O Most High.^(S)
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—^(T)
you, the righteous God^(U)
    who probes minds and hearts.^(V)

¹⁰ My shield^[d](W) is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.^(X)
11 God is a righteous judge,^(Y)
    a God who displays his wrath^(Z) every day.
¹² If he does not relent,^(AA)
    he^[e] will sharpen his sword;^(AB)
    he will bend and string his bow.^(AC)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.^(AD)

¹⁴ Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth^(AE) to disillusionment.
¹⁵ Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit^(AF) they have made.^(AG)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;^(AH)
    I will sing the praises^(AI) of the name of the Lord Most High.^(AJ)

You have set your glory^(AL)
    in the heavens.^(AM)
2 Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold^(AN) against your enemies,
    to silence the foe^(AO) and the avenger.
³ When I consider your heavens,^(AP)
    the work of your fingers,^(AQ)
the moon and the stars,^(AR)
    which you have set in place,
⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?^[h](AS)

⁵ You have made them^[i] a little lower than the angels^[j](AT)
    and crowned them^[k] with glory and honor.^(AU)
6 You made them rulers^(AV) over the works of your hands;^(AW)
    you put everything under their^[l] feet:^(AX)
7 all flocks and herds,^(AY)
    and the animals of the wild,^(AZ)
8 the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,^(BA)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹ Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!^(BB)