Psalms 7 — parallel

7:1

A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Chusi the Benjamite.

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7:2

O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.

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7:3

Lest at any time [the enemy] seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.

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7:4

O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;)

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7:5

if I have requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

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7:6

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.

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7:7

Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.

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7:8

And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this cause do thou return on high.

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7:9

The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.

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