Psalm 7

Revised Geneva Translation

7 O LORD my God, in You I put my trust. Save me from all who persecute me, and deliver me,

² lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, while there is no one to help.

³ O LORD, my God, if I have done this thing, if there is any wickedness in my hands,

⁴ if I have rewarded evil to him who had peace with me (indeed, I have delivered him without cause),

⁵ let the enemies persecute my soul and take it. Indeed, let him tread my life down upon the Earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

⁶ Arise, O LORD, in Your wrath, and lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies. Awaken me to the judgment You have appointed.

⁷ So shall the congregation of the people surround You. For their sakes, therefore, return on High.

⁸ The LORD shall judge the people. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to my innocence in me.

⁹ Oh, let the malice of the wicked come to an end. But guide the just. For the righteous God tries the hearts and reins.

¹⁰ My defense is in God, Who preserves the upright in heart.

¹¹ God judges the righteous, and he who denounces God, every day.

¹² Unless he turns, He has sharpened His sword. He has bent His bow and made it ready.

¹³ He has also prepared deadly weapons. He will ordain His arrows for those who persecute.

¹⁴ Behold, he shall work with wickedness, for he has conceived mischief. But he shall bring forth a lie.

¹⁵ He has made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the pit he made.

¹⁶ His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his cruelty shall fall upon his own head.

¹⁷ I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness and will sing praise to the Name of the LORD Most High. To him who excels on Gittith: A Psalm of David.