[1] A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush a
Benjaminite. [2] O LORD my God, in thee do I take refuge; save me from all
my pursuers, and deliver me, [3] lest like a lion they rend me, dragging me
away, with none to rescue. [4] O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there
is wrong in my hands, [5] if I have requited my friend with evil or
plundered my enemy without cause, [6] let the enemy pursue me and overtake
me, and let him trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust.
[Selah] [7] Arise, O LORD, in thy anger, lift thyself up against the fury
of my enemies; awake, O my God; thou hast appointed a judgment. [8] Let the
assembly of the peoples be gathered about thee; and over it take thy seat
on high. [9] The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my
righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. [10] O let the
evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou
who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God. [11] My shield is with
God, who saves the upright in heart. [12] God is a righteous judge, and a
God who has indignation every day. [13] If a man does not repent, God will
whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow; [14] he has prepared his
deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. [15] Behold, the wicked man
conceives evil, and is pregnant with mischief, and brings forth lies. [16]
He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole which he has made.
[17] His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his
violence descends. [ (Psalms 7:18) I will give to the LORD the thanks due
to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the
Most High. ]