Psalms 7

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

David addresses the LORD his God, seeking refuge and deliverance from his pursuers who threaten to tear him apart like a lion. He asks the LORD to examine his actions and declares that if he has committed injustice or wronged an enemy, he accepts being overtaken and trampled. David calls upon the LORD to rise up in anger, judge the assembled peoples, and vindicate him according to his righteousness. He describes God as a righteous judge who feels daily indignation and prepares weapons against the unrepentant. Finally, David notes that the wicked man falls into the very pit he dug, and concludes by thanking the LORD for His righteousness and praising His name.

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¹O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers, ²or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me. ³O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, ⁴if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, ⁵then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah ⁶Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment. ⁷Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high. ⁸The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity. ⁹Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds. ¹⁰My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. ¹¹God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day. ¹²If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow. ¹³He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire. ¹⁴Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood. ¹⁵He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. ¹⁶His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head. ¹⁷I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

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