Psalm seven
O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that
persecute me, and deliver me: my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces,
while there is none to deliver.
O Lord my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; yea, I have delivered
him that without cause is mine enemy:
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread
down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
Selah.
Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of
mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their
sakes therefore return thou on high.
The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and
according to mine integrity that is in me.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the
righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
If he
turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; his
arrows against the persecutors.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief,
and brought forth falsehood.
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing
shall come down upon his own pate.
I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise
to the name of the Lord most high.