Psalm 7 to sing

Ps. 7

 Tune: Penitentia "Here, O my Lord, I see Thee Face to Face", 10.10.10.10

A cry for vindication

1 O Lord my God, in You I refuge take.
O save me from all those who me pursue,
2 Lest he should like a lion tear my soul
and drag me off, with none to rescue me.

3 O Lord my God, if wrong is in my hands,
4  if  I did evil to my friend or foe,
5 Let my pursuer overtake me now
 and trample in the dust my life, my soul.

6 Arise, O Lord! In anger lift Yourself
 against the fury of my enemies,
Awake for me! Your judgment You have set.
 7 Let people in assembly compass You.

In triumph over them return on High.
8 The Lord now sits to judge the peoples all.
O vindicate me, Lord, in righteousness,
according to integrity in me.

9 O let the evil of the wicked cease,
 but every righteous one establish firm,
For You it is Who tries the minds and hearts;
 O Righteous God, You are the judge of men.

10 My shield and my defense is found with God,
for He it is Who saves the right in heart.
11 A righteous judge, God judges righteously,
and God is filled with anger ev’ry day.

12 If one does not repent, God whets His sword;
 He has His bow already strung and bent.
13 He has prepared his instruments of death;
 He makes His arrows fiery, deadly shafts.

14 See how the wicked evil thoughts conceives,
is pregnant with ill will, and brings forth lies.
15 He digs a pit, but stumbles in himself;
16 on his own head his plotted malice falls.

17 I will give thanks to Him who is the Lord
according to His perfect righteousness;
And I will sing with psalms for evermore
 the name of Him who is the Lord Most High.