A Psalms of David
When He was Persecuted by his Enemy
When He was Persecuted by his Enemy
O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all
them that #persecute me, and deliver me Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces,
while there is none to deliver. O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in
my hands;
If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him
tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah.
Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up thyself because of the
rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that you have commanded.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but
establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and reins. My defence is of God, which save the upright in heart. God judge the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked
every day.
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow,
and made it ready. He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he
ordain his arrows against the persecutors. Behold, he travail with iniquity, and has conceived
mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch
which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent
dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and
will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
(KJV)
