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8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(Written by David.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.7.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> He sang this to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> because of Cush from the tribe of Benjamin.)</h3><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Always Does Right</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.1" class="v19_7_1">1</span>You, <span class="nd">Lord</span> God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_1">are my protector.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_1">Rescue me and keep me safe</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_1">from all who chase me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.2" class="v19_7_2">2</span>Or else they will rip me apart</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_2">like lions attacking a victim,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_2">and no one will save me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.3" class="v19_7_3">3</span>I am innocent, <span class="nd">Lord</span> God!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.4" class="v19_7_4">4</span>I have not betrayed a friend</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_4">or had pity on an enemy<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.7.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_4">who attacks for no reason.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.5" class="v19_7_5">5</span>If I have done any of this,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_5">then let my enemies</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_5">chase and capture me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_5">Let them trample me to death</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_5">and leave me in the dirt.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.6" class="v19_7_6">6</span>Get angry, <span class="nd">Lord</span> God!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_6">Do something!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_6">Attack my furious enemies.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_6">See that justice is done.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.7" class="v19_7_7">7</span>Make the nations come to you,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_7">as you sit on your throne<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.7.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_7">above them all.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.8" class="v19_7_8">8</span>Our <span class="nd">Lord</span>, judge the nations!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_8">Judge me and show that I</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_8">am honest and innocent.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.9" class="v19_7_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.7.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You know every heart and mind,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_9">and you always do right.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_9">Now make violent people stop,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_9">but protect all of us</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_9">who obey you.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.10" class="v19_7_10">10</span>You, God, are my shield,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_10">the protector of everyone</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_10">whose heart is right.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.11" class="v19_7_11">11</span>You see that justice is done,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_11">and each day</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_11">you take revenge.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.12" class="v19_7_12">12</span>Whenever your enemies refuse</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_12">to change their ways,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_12">you sharpen your sword</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_12">and string your bow.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.13" class="v19_7_13">13</span>Your deadly arrows are ready</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_13">with flaming tips.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.14" class="v19_7_14">14</span>An evil person is like a woman</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_14">about to give birth</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_14">to a hateful, deceitful,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_14">and rebellious child.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.15" class="v19_7_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.7.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Such people dig a deep hole,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_15">then fall in it themselves.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.16" class="v19_7_16">16</span>The trouble they cause</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_16">comes back on them,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_16">and their heads are crushed</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_16">by their own evil deeds.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.7.17" class="v19_7_17">17</span>I will praise you, <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_17">You always do right.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_7_17">I will sing about you,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_7_17">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> Most High.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">Psalm 7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Written by David: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “a shiggaion by David,” which may refer to a psalm of mourning.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">7.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">had pity on an enemy: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “failed to have pity on an enemy.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">7.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sit … throne: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “return to your place.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span 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