| Chapter 7 |
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{Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me; --
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Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer. --
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Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands; --
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If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;) --
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Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take [it], and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. --
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Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment. --
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And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high. --
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Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me. --
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Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God. --
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My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart. --
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God is a righteous judge, and a łGod who is indignant all the day. --
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If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready, --
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And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning. --
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Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood: --
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He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made. --
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His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate. --
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I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High. --
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