Psalm 7
I Take Refuge in You
A Shiggaion 1 of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
¹ O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
² or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
³ O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
⁴ if I have rewarded my ally 2 with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
⁵ then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
⁶ Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
⁸ The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
⁹ Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.3
¹⁰ My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
¹² If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
¹³ He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
¹⁴ Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
¹⁵ He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
¹⁶ His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
¹⁷ I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.