Ps.7.1

GOD! GOD! I am running to you for dear life; the chase is wild.

Ps.7.1

O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

Ps.7.1

O LORD my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me,

Ps.7.1

I come to you for protection, O LORD my God. Save me from my persecutors--rescue me!

Ps.7.2

If they catch me, I'm finished: ripped to shreds by foes fierce as lions, dragged into the forest and left unlooked for, unremembered.

Ps.7.2

or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

Ps.7.2

Lest they tear me like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Ps.7.2

If you don't, they will maul me like a lion, tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

Ps.7.3

GOD, if I've done what they say--

Ps.7.3

O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands-

Ps.7.3

O LORD my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands,

Ps.7.3

O LORD my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,

Ps.7.4

betrayed my friends, ripped off my enemies--If my hands are really that dirty,

Ps.7.4

if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe-

Ps.7.4

If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, Or have plundered my enemy without cause,

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if I have betrayed a friend or plundered my enemy without cause,

Ps.7.5

let them get me, walk all over me, leave me flat on my face in the dirt.

Ps.7.5

then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah

Ps.7.5

Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; Yes, let him trample my life to the earth, And lay my honor in the dust.Selah

Ps.7.5

then let my enemies capture me. Let them trample me into the ground. Let my honor be left in the dust.

Ps.7.6

Stand up, GOD; pit your holy fury against my furious enemies. Wake up, God.

Ps.7.6

Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.

Ps.7.6

Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies; Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded!

Ps.7.6

Arise, O LORD, in anger! Stand up against the fury of my enemies! Wake up, my God, and bring justice!

Ps.7.7

My accusers have packed the courtroom; it's judgment time.

Ps.7.7

Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;

Ps.7.7

So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You; For their sakes, therefore, return on high.

Ps.7.7

Gather the nations before you. Sit on your throne high above them.

Ps.7.8

Take your place on the bench, reach for your gavel, throw out the false charges against me. I'm ready, confident in your verdict: "Innocent."

Ps.7.8

let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.

Ps.7.8

The LORD shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.

Ps.7.8

The LORD passes judgment on the nations. Declare me righteous, O LORD, for I am innocent, O Most High!

Ps.7.9

Close the book on Evil, GOD, but publish your mandate for us. You get us ready for life: you probe for our soft spots, you knock off our rough edges.

Ps.7.9

O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.

Ps.7.9

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.

Ps.7.9

End the wickedness of the ungodly, but help all those who obey you. For you look deep within the mind and heart, O righteous God.