Psalm 7

O Lord my God, in you have I put my trust; save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me,

Lest they devour me like a lion and tear me in pieces while there is none to help.

O Lord my God, if I have done any such thing, if there be any wickedness in my hands,

If I have repaid evil to him who has dealt with me as a friend, or plundered him who without any cause is my enemy,

Then let my enemy pursue me and overtake me, let him trample my life into the ground, and lay my honor in the dust.

Stand up, O Lord, in your wrath, and lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; rise up for me in the judgment that you have commanded.

Then shall the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; lift yourself up again, O Lord, O judge of all the nations.

Give sentence for me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to the innocence that is in me.

O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end, but establish the just.

For the righteous God tries the very hearts and minds.

God is my shield and my defense; he preserves those who are true of heart.

God is a righteous judge, strong and patient; and God is provoked every day.

If a man will not repent, God will whet his sword; he will bend his bow, and make it ready.

He has prepared for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows shafts of fire.

Behold, the ungodly is in labor with mischief; he has conceived wickedness and brought forth lies.

He has made a pit and dug it out, but will himself fall into the trap that he made for others.

For his malice shall come upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall on his own scalp.

I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to his righteousness, and I will praise the Name of the Lord Most High.