Psalm 7-8

Christian Standard Bible

³ Lord my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,^(D)
4 if I have done harm to one at peace with me^(E)
or have plundered^[b] my adversary without cause,^(F)
5 may an enemy pursue and overtake me;
may he trample me to the ground^(G)
and leave my honor in the dust.^(H)Selah

⁶ Rise up, Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;^(I)
awake for me;^[c](J)
you have ordained a judgment.^(K)
7 Let the assembly of peoples gather around you;^(L)
take your seat on high over it.^(M)
8 The Lord judges the peoples;^(N)
vindicate me, Lord,
according to my righteousness and my integrity.^(O)

⁹ Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,^(P)
but establish the righteous.^(Q)
The one who examines the thoughts and emotions^[d]
is a righteous God.^(R)
10 My shield is with God,^(S)
who saves the upright in heart.^(T)
11 God is a righteous judge
and a God who shows his wrath every day.^(U)

¹² If anyone does not repent,
he will sharpen his sword;^(V)
he has strung his bow and made it ready.^(W)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he tips his arrows with fire.^(X)

¹⁴ See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,
conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.^(Y)
15 He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.^(Z)
16 His trouble comes back on his own head;
his own violence comes down on top of his head.^(AA)

¹⁷ I will thank the Lord for his righteousness;
I will sing about the name of the Lord Most High.^(AB)

³ When I observe your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you set in place,^(AG)
4 what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man^[g] that you look after him?^(AH)
5 You made him little less than God^[h][i]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
⁶ You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:^(AI)
7 all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
⁸ the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.^(AJ)

⁹ Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!