Prayer For Justice (Seventh Psalm)

Thank You Lord For Your righteousness I sing about Your Name The Lord Most High I am pregnant with evil Conceived by trouble Giving birth to deceit I have dug a pit Hollowed it out I have fallen Into the hole I dug My trouble comes back And my violence falls On my head In my failure to repent God has sharpened His sword And strung His bow Made them ready His deadly weapons have been prepared His arrows tipped with fire Let the evil of my wickedness come to its end Establish my righteousness He examines my heart and soul He is a righteous God My shield is with Him He saves the purity of my heart He is a righteous judge Executing justice daily In His anger He rises up Lifting Himself against the fury Of my soul Awakening for me Declaring judgment on me A mass of people gather around Him He takes His seat High over it He judges me Vindicates me By my righteousness and integrity (By my inequity and infidelity) My God Because I have done this There is injustice on my hands I have done harm To one at peace with me I have plundered my adversary Without cause My enemies shall pursue me They shall overtake me They will trample me Leaving my honor in the dust I seek refuge in You My God Save me from my pursuers Rescue me They tear at me like lions Ripping me apart And no one rescues me

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