King James VersionPsalms7

Psalms

1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that per­se­cute me, and de­liv­er me:
2 Lest he 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 in 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 hon­our in the dust. Se­lah.
6 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.
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 Oh 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 de­fence is of God, which 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, he tra­vaileth with in­iq­ui­ty, and hath con­ceived mis­chief, and brought forth false­hood.
15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fall­en into the ditch which he made.
16 His mis­chief shall re­turn upon his own head, and his vi­o­lent deal­ing 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.