The L<\>{ORD} </>Implored to Defend the Psalmist against the Wicked.
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Psalms 7:1
O LORD my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
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Psalms 7:2
Or he will tear my soul like a lion, Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.
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Psalms 7:3
O LORD my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,
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Psalms 7:4
If I have rewarded evil to my friend, Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary,
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Psalms 7:5
Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life down to the ground And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
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Psalms 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries, And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment.
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Psalms 7:7
Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You, And over them return on high.
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Psalms 7:8
The LORD judges the peoples; Vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
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Psalms 7:9
O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
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Psalms 7:10
My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart.
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Psalms 7:11
God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day.
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Psalms 7:12
If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.
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Psalms 7:13
He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
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Psalms 7:14
Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.
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Psalms 7:15
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.
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Psalms 7:16
His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate.
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Psalms 7:17
I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
