Psalm 7:8-17

King James Version

⁸The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

⁹Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

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

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

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

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

¹⁴Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

¹⁵He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

¹⁶His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

¹⁷I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.

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Psalm 7:8-17

New International Version

⁸    Let the Lord judge^(A) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,^(B)
    according to my integrity,^(C) O Most High.^(D)
⁹Bring 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)

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

¹⁴Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth^(P) to disillusionment.
¹⁵Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit^(Q) they have made.^(R)
¹⁶The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.