Psalm 7

New Coverdale Version

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.