Psalms 7:3-11

³O Jehovah, my God! if I have done this,—If there be iniquity upon my hands,

⁴If I have rendered evil to my friend, Or have despoiled him that without cause is mine enemy,—

⁵Let my adversary pursue and take me; Let him trample me to the ground, And lay me prostrate in the dust! Pause.

⁶Arise, O LORD! in thine anger; Lift thyself up against the rage of mine enemies; Awake for me, ordain judgment!

⁷Let the assembly of the nations compass thee about, And on their account return to the height!

⁸The LORD judgeth the nations; Judge me, O LORD! according to my righteousness, And requite me according to my integrity!

⁹Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked be at an end; But establish the righteous! For the righteous God trieth the heart and the reins.

¹⁰My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

¹¹God is a righteous judge, And a God who is angry every day.