Psalms 7
7
PSALM 7
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord,
concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.
1O Lord my God, in thee do I
my confidence repose:
Save and deliver me from all
my persecuting foes;
2Lest that the enemy my soul
should, like a lion, tear,
In pieces rending it, while there
is no deliverer.
3O Lord my God, if it be so
that I committed this;
If it be so that in my hands
iniquity there is:
4If I rewarded ill to him
that was at peace with me;
(Yea, ev'n the man that without cause
my foe was I did free;)
5Then let the foe pursue and take
my soul, and my life thrust
Down to the earth,
and let him lay mine honour in the dust.
6Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself,
for my foes raging be;
And, to the judgment which thou hast
commanded, wake for me.
7So shall th' assembly of thy folk
about encompass thee:
Thou, therefore, for their sakes, return
unto thy place on high.
8The Lord he shall the people judge:
my judge, JEHOVAH, be,
After my righteousness, and mine
integrity in me.
9O let the wicked's malice end;
but stablish stedfastly
The righteous: for the righteous God
the hearts and reins doth try.
10In God, who saves th' upright in heart,
is my defence and stay.
11God just men judgeth, God is wroth
with ill men ev'ry day.
12If he do not return again,
then he his sword will whet;
His bow he hath already bent,
and hath it ready set:
13He also hath for him prepar'd
the instruments of death;
Against the persecutors he
his shafts ordained hath.
14Behold, he with iniquity
doth travail, as in birth;
A mischief he conceived hath,
and falsehood shall bring forth.
15He made a pit and digg'd it deep,
another there to take;
But he is fall'n into the ditch
which he himself did make.
16Upon his own head his mischief
shall be returned home;
His vi'lent dealing also down
on his own pate shall come.
17According to his righteousness
the Lord I'll magnify;
And will sing praise unto the name
of God that is most high.
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Psalm 7
7
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.
1O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust:
Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces,
While there is none to deliver.
3O LORD my God, if I have done this;
If there be iniquity in my hands;
4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;
(Yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5Let 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.
6Arise, 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.
7So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about:
For their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8The LORD shall judge the people: Judge me, O LORD,
According to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end;
but establish the just:
For the righteous God
Trieth the hearts and reins.
10My defence is of God,
Which saveth the upright in heart.
11God judgeth the righteous,
And God is angry with the wicked every day.
12If he turn not, he will whet his sword;
He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;
He ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity,
And hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15He made a pit, and digged it,
And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16His mischief shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness:
And will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
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