Psalm 7 - Evangelical Heritage Version - 2021（EHV）

The Slandered SaintA shiggaion

by David, which he sang to the Lord

because of the words of Cush, from the tribe of Benjamin.David's Innocence

1O Lord my God, in you I take refuge.

Save me from all my pursuers and deliver me.

2Otherwise, like a lion they will tear me apart.

They will drag me away with no one to rescue me.

3O Lord my God, if I have done this,

if there is injustice in my hands,

4if I have done evil to anyone who is at peace with me,

or if I have robbed my foe for no reason,

5then let an enemy pursue my life and overtake me.

Let him trample my life to the ground

and make my glory dwell in the dust. Interlude

David's Appeal for Justice

6Stand up, O Lord, in your anger.

Rise up against the fury of my foes.

Awake for me. You have commanded justice.

7A crowd of peoples surrounds you.

Turn against them from on high.

8Let the Lord judge the peoples.

Acquit me, O Lord, according to my righteousness,

according to my integrity which is in me.

9The evil of the wicked will come to an end,

but you will establish the righteous.

You search minds and hearts, O righteous God.

God's Judgment Against the Wicked

10My shield is God, who saves the upright in heart.

11God, the judge, is righteous,

but he is a God who expresses his wrath every day.

12If he does not relent,

the Lord

will sharpen his sword.

He has bent his bow and will string it.

13He prepares his deadly weapons.

He will make his arrows flames.

You Reap What You Sow

14Yes, whoever conceives evil and is pregnant with trouble

will give birth to disappointment.

15He digs a pit and scoops it out,

and he will fall into the hole he has made.

16The trouble he causes comes back on his own head.

His violence comes down on top of his own skull.

Closing Praise

17I will thank the Lord because of his righteousness,

and I will make music to the name of the Lord Most High.