A narrow dark cleft in a pale desert cliff, a thin empty path climbing to it through hot haze, under a calm pale sky.

Lament · David

Psalm 7

Someone is telling lies about you, and you didn’t do it. David takes it to the only Judge who knows.

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In this chapter

Where we are

1–41Book IDavid's prayers: 'The LORD is my shepherd'Psalm 7
42–72Book II'As the deer pants'; the throne under pressure
73–89Book IIIAsaph and Korah: the kingdom falls
90–106Book IVBack to Moses: the LORD reigns
107–150Book VSongs of ascents, and the last Hallelujah

I Take Refuge in You

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

O LORD my God, I take refuge in You;

save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

or they will shred my soul like a lion

and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

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O LORD my God, if I have done this,

if injustice is on my hands,

if I have rewarded my ally with evil,

if I have plundered my foe without cause,

then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me;

may he trample me to the ground

and leave my honor in the dust.

Selah

A high plain stone seat cut into a bare hilltop, empty, with small crowds gathering on the slopes far below.

Arise, O LORD, in Your anger;

rise up against the fury of my enemies.

Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

Let the assembled peoples gather around You;

take Your seat over them on high.

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The LORD judges the peoples;

vindicate me, O LORD,

according to my righteousness and integrity.

Put an end to the evil of the wicked,

but establish the righteous,

O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

O righteous God who searches hearts and minds

Question

Quick question

David doesn’t only say he is innocent. He names a price.

What does David say should happen if he is guilty?

Close to the ground in a night camp, a small round leather-faced shield with a scarred bronze rim leans against a rock beside a folded dark cloak.

My shield is with God,

who saves the upright in heart.

God is a righteous judge

and a God who feels indignation each day.

If one does not repent,

God will sharpen His sword;

He has bent and strung His bow.

He has prepared His deadly weapons;

He ordains His arrows with fire.

A deep fresh pit in a stony path, its edge fallen in, a wooden mattock and a basket of earth left at the lip.

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil;

he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

He has dug a hole and hollowed it out;

he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

His trouble recoils on himself,

and his violence falls on his own head.

Pray

Leave it with the Judge

If someone has said what isn’t true about you, hand it to the Judge tonight. Pray for anyone being slandered right now. Then pray the harder line for yourself: God, search me too.

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A verse to carry with you

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

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