1 LORD, my God, I seek refuge in you. Deliver me from those who persecute me! Rescue me! ISV — Psalm 7:1
2 Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me b7:2 The Heb. lacks me apart with no one to rescue me. c7:2 The Heb. lacks me ISV — Psalm 7:2
3 LORD, my God, if I have done this thing, if there is injustice on my hands, ISV — Psalm 7:3
4 if I have rewarded those who did me good with evil, if I have plundered my enemy without justification, ISV — Psalm 7:4
5 then, let my enemy pursue me, let him overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground. Interlude Let him put my honor into the dust. ISV — Psalm 7:5
6 Get up, LORD, in your anger! Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies; Arouse yourself for me; you have ordained justice. ISV — Psalm 7:6
7 Let the assembly of the peoples gather around you, and you will sit d7:7 Lit. return high above them. ISV — Psalm 7:7
8 For the LORD will judge the peoples. Judge me according to my righteousness, LORD, and according to my integrity, Exalted One. ISV — Psalm 7:8
9 Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts. e7:9 Lit. hearts and innards ISV — Psalm 7:9
10 God is my shield, f7:10 Lit. My shield is on God the one who delivers the upright in heart. ISV — Psalm 7:10
11 God is a righteous judge, a God who is angry with sinners g7:11 The Heb. lacks sinners every day. ISV — Psalm 7:11
12 If the ungodly one h7:12 Lit. If he doesn’t repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will string his bow and prepare it. ISV — Psalm 7:12
13 He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts. ISV — Psalm 7:13
14 But the wicked one i7:14 Lit. But he travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies. ISV — Psalm 7:14
15 He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made. ISV — Psalm 7:15
16 The trouble j7:16 Lit. His trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull. ISV — Psalm 7:16
17 But as for me, I will praise the LORD for his righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High. ISV — Psalm 7:17