Psalm 7a

To the tune of Be Thou My Vision

Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in You
O save me from all those who have pursued
Lest they should tear me like lions with prey
With none to rescue, they’d drag me away.

Yahweh my God, if my hands were unjust
Harming my foes or my friends in their trust
Let my pursuer come near and surround
Trampling my life in the dust of the ground.

Lord, rise in anger, and be my defense
Against my enemy’s rage so intense
Rise, bring the judgment that You have decreed
Let peoples come and with You gathered be.

Come back to rule over them from on high.
Yahweh will judge as the nations draw nigh
My cause is right, Lord, O vindicate me;
Judge me as You my integrity see.

O let the evil of wicked men cease,
And all the righteous establish in peace;
God who is righteous examines and finds
All of the depths of men’s hearts and their minds.