Psalms 7:2-11

²Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.

³O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;)

⁴if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

⁵Let the enemy persecute my soul, an take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.

⁶Arise, O Lord, in your wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of my enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which you did command.

⁷And the congregation of the nations shall compass you: and for this cause do you return on high.

⁸The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.

⁹Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then you shall direct the righteous, O God that search the hearts and reins.

¹⁰My help is righteous, coming from God who saves the upright in heart.

¹¹God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day.