{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T08:25:51.405Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him that without cause is my enemy:)"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life on the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that you have commanded."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"So shall the congregation of the people compass you about: for their sakes therefore return you on high."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity that is in me."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and reins."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"My defense is of God, which saves the upright in heart."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He made a pit, and dig it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down on his own pate."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 7 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 7](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/7 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}