The Lord (A)judges the peoples;
[a](B)Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
Please let (C)the evil of the wicked come to an end, but (D)establish the righteous;
For the righteous God (E)puts hearts and [b]minds to the test.
10 My (F)shield is [c]with God,
Who (G)saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a (H)righteous judge,
And a God who (I)shows indignation every day.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:8 Lit Judge
  2. Psalm 7:9 Lit kidneys, figurative for inner man
  3. Psalm 7:10 Lit upon

    Let the Lord judge(A) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,(B)
    according to my integrity,(C) O Most High.(D)
Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—(E)
you, the righteous God(F)
    who probes minds and hearts.(G)

10 My shield[a](H) is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.(I)
11 God is a righteous judge,(J)
    a God who displays his wrath(K) every day.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign

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.

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