Thankfulness Readings: Psalm 7

1 Lord my God, I seek refuge in you;

save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,

2 or they will tear me like a lion,

ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

3 Lord my God, if I have done this,

if there is injustice on my hands,

4 if I have done harm to one at peace with me

or have plundered my adversary without cause,

5 may an enemy pursue and overtake me;

may he trample me to the ground

and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

6 Rise up, Lord, in your anger;

lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;

awake for me;

you have ordained a judgment.

7 Let the assembly of peoples gather around you;

take your seat on high over it.

8 The Lord judges the peoples;

vindicate me, Lord,

according to my righteousness and my integrity.

9 Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,

but establish the righteous.

The one who examines the thoughts and emotions

is a righteous God.

10 My shield is with God,

who saves the upright in heart.

11 God is a righteous judge

and a God who shows his wrath every day.

12 If anyone does not repent,

he will sharpen his sword;

he has strung his bow and made it ready.

13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;

he tips his arrows with fire.

14 See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,

conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.

15 He dug a pit and hollowed it out

but fell into the hole he had made.

16 His trouble comes back on his own head;

his own violence comes down on top of his head.

17 I will thank the Lord for his righteousness;

I will sing about the name of the Lord Most High.

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