7:1  A Meditation of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, in You I put my trust;
Save me from all those who persecute me;
And deliver me,

7:2  Lest they tear me like a lion,
Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

7:3  O LORD my God, if I have done this:
If there is iniquity in my hands,

7:4  If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or have plundered my enemy without cause,

7:5  Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah

7:6  Arise, O LORD, in Your anger;
Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies;
Rise up for meto the judgment You have commanded!

7:7  So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You;
For their sakes, therefore, return on high.

7:8  The LORD shall judge the peoples;
Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
And according to my integrity within me.

7:9  Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
But establish the just;
For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.

7:10  My defense is of God,
Who saves the upright in heart.

7:11  God is a just judge,
And God is angry with the wicked every day.

7:12  If he does not turn back,
He will sharpen His sword;
He bends His bow and makes it ready.

7:13  He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;
He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.

7:14  Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity;
Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.

7:15  He made a pit and dug it out,
And has fallen into the ditch which he made.

7:16  His trouble shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.

7:17  I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness,
And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.