I come to you for protection, O Lord my God. <br /> Save me from my persecutors- rescue me! <br />If you don't, they will maul me like a lion, <br /> tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me. <br />O Lord my God, if I have done wrong <br /> or am guilty of injustice, <br />if I have betrayed a friend <br /> or plundered my enemy without cause, <br />then let my enemies capture me. <br /> Let them trample me into the ground <br /> and drag my honour in the dust. <br /> <br />Arise, O Lord, in anger! <br /> Stand up against the fury of my enemies! <br /> Wake up, my God, and bring justice! <br />Gather the nations before You. <br /> Rule over them from on high. <br /> The Lord judges the nations. <br />Declare me righteous, O Lord, <br /> for I am innocent, O Most High! <br />End the evil of those who are wicked, <br /> and defend the righteous. <br />For You look deep within the mind and heart, <br /> O righteous God. <br /> <br />God is my Shield, <br /> saving those whose hearts are true and right <br />God is an honest Judge. <br /> He is angry with the wicked every day. <br /> <br />If a person does not repent, <br /> God will sharpen His sword; <br /> He will bend and string His bow. <br />He will prepare His deadly weapons <br /> and shoot His flaming arrows. <br /> <br />The wicked conceive evil; <br /> they are pregnant with trouble <br /> and give birth to lies. <br />They dig a deep pit to trap others, <br /> then fall into it themselves. <br />The trouble they make for others backfires on them. <br /> The violence they plan falls on their own heads. <br /> <br />I will thank the Lord because He is just; <br /> I will sing praise to the Name of the Lord Most High.<br /><br />Justin Reamer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/psalm-7-4/
