Psalm 7

		Superscription: 	A shiggaion of David, which he sang to 		the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

		:1  O LORD my God, in You I have taken refuge; 
			Save me from all those who pursue me, 
				and deliver me, 
		:2  	Or they will tear my entire person apart like a lion,
			Dragging me away like prey
				and there is no one to rescue me.
		:3  O LORD my God, if I have done this, 
			If there is injustice in my hands, 
		:4  If I have repaid the one at peace with me evil,
			and  withdrew from my enemies without cause,
		:5  	Let the enemy pursue my entire being 
				and overtake me,
			And let him trample my life down to the ground, 
			And let my glory lay in the dust.       
												Selah—
		:6  Stand up, O LORD, in Your anger; 
		         Rise up with raging fury against my enemies!
		     Get up for me, execute judgment.
		:7  And the assembly of the peoples surrounds you.
			And over them return on high. 
		:8  The LORD judges the peoples; 
				Vindicate me, O LORD, 
			according to my righteousness 
				and my integrity, O Most High.  
		:9  Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, 
			But establish the righteous, 
			Righteous God, examine the hearts and minds 			of 	the righteous.
		:10 My shield is the Most High God, 
			 Who saves the upright in heart. 
		:11 God is a righteous judge; 
	           And a God who has indignation all day. 
		:12 If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His 					  	sword; 
			 He will bend and string his bow.
		:13 He has also prepared his deadly weapons;
			 He gets ready his flaming arrows. 
		:14 See the one who is pregnant with evil,
			   who conceives trouble 
			   and gives birth to harmful lies.
		:15 He has dug a pit and excavated it, 
			 And has fallen into the hole which he made. 
		:16	 His mischief will return upon his own head, 
			  And on top of his head violence comes down. 
		:17 I will praise the LORD according to his 				righteousness, 
			And will sing praise to the name of the 
				LORD Most 	High.