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          DASV: Psalm 7    

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD
concerning Cush, a Benjaminite.

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 me apart like a lion,
     ripping me to shreds,
           while 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 my ally harm,
      or senselessly plundered my enemy,
5 let the enemy pursue and catch me;
     let him trample my life down into the ground,
           and lay my honor in the dust. Selah

6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
     rise up in rage against my enemies;
           awake, O my God, order justice.
7 The assembly of the peoples surround you;
     take your seat over them on high.
8 The LORD judges the peoples;
      judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
           according to my integrity, O Exalted One.
9 May the evil of the wicked come to an end,
      but establish the righteous;
           for you, O righteous God, test the minds and hearts.

10 God is my shield,
     the One who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge,
     a God who is angry every day.
12 If a person does not repent,
      he will sharpen his sword;
           he will bend and prepare his bow.
13 He has also readied his deadly weapons;
      he prepared his flaming arrows.

14 Look, the wicked person conceives evil;
     he is pregnant with trouble,
           and gives birth to lies.
15 He digs a pit, clears it out,
     then falls into the hole he has made.
16 His trouble returns upon his own head,
     and his violence comes back on his own head.
17 I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness,
     and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

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