AMP ▾PsalmsPsalms 71O L ord my God, in You I take refuge; Save me and rescue me from all those who pursue me,2So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion, Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].3¶O L ord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,4If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me, Or without cause robbed him who was my enemy,5Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; And let him trample my life to the ground And lay my honor in the dust. Selah.6¶Arise, O L ord , in Your anger; Lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies; Rise up for me; You have commanded judgment and vindication.7Let the assembly of the nations be gathered around You, And return on high over them.8The L ord judges the peoples; Judge me, O L ord , and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.9Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You]; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds. [Rev 2:23]10My shield and my defense depend on God, Who saves the upright in heart.11God is a righteous judge, And a God who is indignant every day.12¶If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.13He has also prepared [other] deadly weapons for Himself; He makes His arrows fiery shafts [aimed at the unrepentant].14Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin, And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.15He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].16His mischief will return on his own head, And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].17¶I will give thanks to the L ord according to His righteousness and justice, And I will sing praise to the name of the L ord Most High.Psalms 6Psalms 8