Psalm Challenge: Day Seven

When we find ourselves in a pit, it is because we have been unfaithful to God. When we are faithful, He is faithful. Therefore we should praise the Lord!!

Psalm 7

"Lord my God, I take refuge in you;
    save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
 or they will tear me apart like a lion
    and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

 Lord my God, if I have done this
    and there is guilt on my hands —
 if I have repaid my ally with evil
    or without cause have robbed my foe— 

then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
    let him trample my life to the ground
    and make me sleep in the dust.^[c]

Arise, Lord, in your anger;
    rise up against the rage of my enemies.
    Awake, my God; decree justice. 

Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
    while you sit enthroned over them on high.  

 Let the Lord judge the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,
    according to my integrity, O Most High.  

Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—
you, the righteous God
    who probes minds and hearts.

My shield is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.  

God is a righteous judge,
    a God who displays his wrath every day. 

If he does not relent,
    hewill sharpen his sword;
    he will bend and string his bow.  

He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.

Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. 

Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit they have made.  

The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;
    I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High."