Psalm 7-9

21st Century King James Version

7 O Lord my God, in Thee do I put my trust. Save me from all them that persecute me; and deliver me,

² lest they 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 on 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 honor in the dust. Selah

⁶ Arise, O Lord, in Thine anger; lift up Thyself against the rage of mine enemies, and awaken for me 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 O 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 defense is of God, who 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, the wicked travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.

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

¹⁶ His mischief shall return upon his own head; and his violent dealings 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.

8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth, who hast set Thy glory above the heavens!

² Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength because of Thine enemies, that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

³ When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars which Thou hast ordained,

⁴ what is man that Thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that Thou dost visit him?

⁵ For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.

⁶ Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet,

⁷ all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field,

⁸ the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

⁹ O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth!

9 I will praise Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth all Thy marvelous works.

² I will be glad and rejoice in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Thou Most High.

³ When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at Thy presence.

⁴ For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest on the throne judging right.

⁵ Thou hast rebuked the heathen, Thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

⁶ O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and Thou hast destroyed their cities; their memorial is perished with them.

⁷ But the Lord shall endure for ever; He hath prepared His throne for judgment.

⁸ And He shall judge the world with righteousness; He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

⁹ The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

¹⁰ And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord who dwelleth in Zion! Declare among the people His doings.

¹² When He maketh inquisition for blood, He remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

¹³ Have mercy upon me, O Lord! Consider my trouble which I suffer from them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death,

¹⁴ that I may show forth all Thy praise at the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Thy salvation.

¹⁵ The heathen have sunk down into the pit that they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

¹⁶ The Lord is known by the judgment which He executeth; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

¹⁷ The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸ For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

¹⁹ Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail; let the heathen be judged in Thy sight.

²⁰ Put them in fear, O Lord; that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah