The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Psalms
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Psalm 7
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(A lament of David’s, which he sang to the Lord because of Chus, the Benjamite.)
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O Lord my God, my confidence is in thee; save me from all my pursuers, and grant me deliverance:
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else must I fall a helpless prey to the lion, be torn in pieces, with none to bring me aid.
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O Lord my God, if I too have been at fault, if these hands are stained with guilt;
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if I have been a false friend, and not rather spared even those that wronged me,
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then indeed let some enemy overtake me with his relentless pursuit, trample me to earth, and level my pride with the dust!
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Lord, rise up in thy anger, countervail the malice of my enemies; bestir thyself, O Lord my God, in defence of the laws thou thyself hast given us.
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All the nations will gather about thee, if thou wilt come back to thy throne and rule them,
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the Lord judging the nations! Give me redress, Lord, in my uprightness, in all the innocence of my heart.
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Surely thou wilt put an end to the wrong-doing of the wicked, and prosper the innocent; no thought or desire of ours can escape the scrutiny of thy divine justice.
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From the Lord, refuge of true hearts, my protection comes.
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God judges ever true; day by day his indignation mounts up;
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if they do not repent, his sword will flash bright; he has bent and aimed his bow;
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deadly are the weapons he is preparing for them; he has barbed his arrows with fire.
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Here was a heart pregnant with malice, that conceived only spite, and gave birth only to empty promise!
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Here was one who dug a pit and sunk it deep, and fell into a snare of his own setting!
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All his spite will recoil on himself, all his violence will fall his own head.
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I will ever thank the Lord for his just retribution, singing praises to the name of the Lord, the most High.
