Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies

A Meditation^[a] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

7 O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;Save me from all those who persecute me;And deliver me,² Lest they tear me like a lion,Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

³ O Lord my God, if I have done this:If there is iniquity in my hands,⁴ If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,Or have plundered my enemy without cause,⁵ Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,And lay my honor in the dust. Selah

⁶ Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies;Rise up for me^[b] to the judgment You have commanded!⁷ So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You;For their sakes, therefore, return on high.⁸ The Lord shall judge the peoples;Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness,And according to my integrity within me.

⁹ Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,But establish the just;For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.¹⁰ My defense is of God,Who saves the upright in heart.

¹¹ God is a just judge,And God is angry with the wicked every day.¹² If he does not turn back,He will sharpen His sword;He bends His bow and makes it ready.¹³ He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.

¹⁴ Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity;Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.¹⁵ He made a pit and dug it out,And has fallen into the ditch which he made.¹⁶ His trouble shall return upon his own head,And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.

¹⁷ I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness,And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.