7:1 O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter.1
Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!
7:2 Otherwise they will rip2 me3 to shreds like a lion;
they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.4
7:3 O Lord my God, if I have done what they say,5
or am guilty of unjust actions,6
or helped his lawless enemy,8
7:5 may an enemy relentlessly chase9 me10 and catch me;11
may he trample me to death12
and leave me lying humiliated in the dust.13 (Selah)
Spring into action with raging fury against my enemies!15
Intervene for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!16
7:7 The countries are assembled all around you;17
take once more your rightful place over them!18
7:8 The Lord judges the nations.19
Vindicate me, Lord, because I am innocent,20
because I am blameless,21 O Exalted One!22
7:9 May the evil deeds of the wicked23 come to an end!24
But make the innocent25 secure,26
O just God,
you who examine27 inner thoughts and motives!28
7:10 The Exalted God is my shield,29
the one who delivers the morally upright.30
7:11 God is a just judge;
he executes judgment throughout the day.31
7:12 If a person32 does not repent, God sharpens his sword33
and prepares to shoot his bow.34
7:13 He prepares to use deadly weapons against him;35
he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.36
7:14 See the one who is pregnant with wickedness,
who conceives destructive plans,
and gives birth to harmful lies—37
and then falls into the hole he has made.39
7:16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans40
and experiences the violence he intended for others.41
7:17 I will thank the Lord for42 his justice;
I will sing praises to the Sovereign Lord!43
Psalm 844
For the music director, according to the gittith style;45 a psalm of David.