Psalms 7:1-17
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Jehovah is a righteous Judge
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“Judge me, O Jehovah” (8)
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A dirge* of David that he sang to Jehovah regarding the words of Cush the Benʹja·min·ite.
7 O Jehovah my God, in you I have taken refuge.+
Save me from all those persecuting me and rescue me.+
2 Otherwise they will tear me* to pieces as a lion does,+Carrying me off with no one to rescue me.
3 O Jehovah my God, if I am at fault in this,If I have acted unjustly,
4 If I have wronged the one doing good to me,+Or if I have plundered my enemy without cause,*
5 Then let an enemy pursue and overtake me;*Let him trample my life down to the earthAnd cause my glory to perish in the dust. (Selah)
6 Rise up in your anger, O Jehovah;Stand up against the fury of my enemies;+Awake for me, and demand that justice be done.+
7 Let the nations surround you;And you will act against them from on high.
8 Jehovah will pass sentence on the peoples.+
Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousnessAnd according to my integrity.+
9 Please put an end to the evil deeds of the wicked.
But establish the righteous,+Since you are the righteous God+ who examines the hearts+ and the deepest emotions.*+
10 God is my shield,+ the Savior of those upright in heart.+
11 God is a righteous Judge,+And God proclaims his judgments* every day.
12 If anyone will not repent,+ He sharpens his sword;+He bends his bow and makes it ready.+
13 He prepares his deadly weapons;He makes ready his flaming arrows.+
14 Look at the one who is pregnant with wickedness;He conceives trouble and gives birth to lies.+
15 He excavates a pit and digs it deep,But he falls into the very hole he made.+
16 The trouble he causes will return on his own head;+His violence will fall on the crown of his head.
17 I will praise Jehovah for his justice;+I will sing praises* to the name of Jehovah+ the Most High.+
