Psalms 7:2-11

²O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.

³Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.

⁴O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;)

⁵if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

⁶Let 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.

⁷Arise, 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.

⁸And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this cause do thou return on high.

⁹The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.

¹⁰Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.

¹¹My help is righteous, coming from God who saves the upright in heart.