Arise,(A) Lord, in your anger;
    rise up against the rage of my enemies.(B)
    Awake,(C) my God; decree justice.
Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
    while you sit enthroned over them on high.(D)
    Let the Lord judge(E) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,(F)
    according to my integrity,(G) O Most High.(H)
Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—(I)
you, the righteous God(J)
    who probes minds and hearts.(K)

10 My shield[a](L) is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.(M)
11 God is a righteous judge,(N)
    a God who displays his wrath(O) every day.
12 If he does not relent,(P)
    he[b] will sharpen his sword;(Q)
    he will bend and string his bow.(R)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.(S)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign
  2. Psalm 7:12 Or If anyone does not repent, / God

Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

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