Psalm 7

    A shiggaion^[a] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
 ¹ O LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
   save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
² or they will tear me like a lion
   and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
 ³ O LORD my God, if I have done this
   and there is guilt on my hands—
⁴ if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me
   or without cause have robbed my foe—
⁵ then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
   let him trample my life to the ground
   and make me sleep in the dust.
                         Selah
 ⁶ Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
   rise up against the rage of my enemies.
   Awake, my God; decree justice.
⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around you.
   Rule over them from on high;
 ⁸ let the LORD judge the peoples.
Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
   according to my integrity, O Most High.
⁹ O righteous God,
   who searches minds and hearts,
bring to an end the violence of the wicked
   and make the righteous secure.
 ¹⁰ My shield^[b] is God Most High,
   who saves the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is a righteous judge,
   a God who expresses his wrath every day.
¹² If he does not relent,
   he^[c] will sharpen his sword;
   he will bend and string his bow.
¹³ He has prepared his deadly weapons;
   he makes ready his flaming arrows.
 ¹⁴ He who is pregnant with evil
   and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
¹⁵ He who digs a hole and scoops it out
   falls into the pit he has made.
¹⁶ The trouble he causes recoils on himself;
   his violence comes down on his own head.
 ¹⁷ I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness
   and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 7:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
2. Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign
3. Psalm 7:12 Or If a man does not repent, / God