Psalm 7:7-13
The Message
6-8 Stand up, God; pit your holy fury
against my furious enemies.
Wake up, God. My accusers have packed
the courtroom; it’s judgment time.
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.”
9-11 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.
And I’m feeling so fit, so safe:
made right, kept right.
God in solemn honor does things right,
but his nerves are sandpapered raw.
11-13 Nobody gets by with anything.
God is already in action—
Sword honed on his whetstone,
bow strung, arrow on the string,
Lethal weapons in hand,
each arrow a flaming missile.
Psalm 7:7-11
New International Version
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.(A)
8 Let the Lord judge(B) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,(C)
according to my integrity,(D) O Most High.(E)
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure—(F)
you, the righteous God(G)
who probes minds and hearts.(H)
Footnotes
- Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign
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