{"id":6091,"date":"2010-04-20T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/04\/our-common-prayerbook-psalm-7-2.html"},"modified":"2010-04-20T12:00:53","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T12:00:53","slug":"our-common-prayerbook-psalm-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/04\/our-common-prayerbook-psalm-7-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Common Prayerbook: Psalm 7-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

David’s prayer for justice in Psalm 7 implicates himself in judgment: if “I” have been unjust, he prays, judge me. If “I” have not, then vindicate me. Notice the words of Psalm 7 (after the jump), beginning especially now in v. 6.<\/p>\n

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First, David prays for YHWH to rise (v. 6). Stand up, rise up, and wake up!<\/div>\n
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Second, David understands God to be Judge over the whole world, and God is just and aroused by those who oppose his will.<\/div>\n
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Third, David expects God to judge in his favor: to judge that David, and not his accusing enemies, is the faithful one, the one who has acted with integrity.<\/div>\n
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Fourth, one of the big lines in this psalm is that David knows someday, somehow, justice must be established: “May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!” (v. 9).<\/span><\/div>\n

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A musical composition by David, which he sang to the Lord<\/span> concerning a Benjaminite named Cush.<\/p>\n

7:1<\/span> O Lord<\/span> my God, in you I have taken shelter.<\/p>\n

Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!<\/p>\n

7:2<\/span> Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion;<\/p>\n

they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.<\/p>\n

7:3<\/span> O Lord<\/span> my God, if I have done what they say,<\/p>\n

or am guilty of unjust actions,<\/p>\n

7:4<\/span> or have wronged my ally,<\/p>\n

or helped his lawless enemy,<\/p>\n

7:5<\/span> may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me;<\/p>\n

may he trample me to death<\/p>\n

and leave me lying dishonored in the dust. (Selah)<\/p>\n

7:6<\/span> Stand up angrily, Lord<\/span>!<\/p>\n

Rise up with raging fury against my enemies!<\/p>\n

Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!<\/p>\n

7:7<\/span> The countries are assembled all around you;<\/p>\n

take once more your rightful place over them!<\/p>\n

7:8<\/span> The Lord<\/span> judges the nations.<\/p>\n

Vindicate me, Lord<\/span>, because I am innocent,<\/p>\n

because I am blameless, O Exalted One!<\/p>\n

7:9<\/span> May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end!<\/p>\n

But make the innocent secure,<\/p>\n

O righteous God,<\/p>\n

you who examine inner thoughts and motives!<\/p>\n

7:10<\/span> The Exalted God is my shield,<\/p>\n

the one who delivers the morally upright.<\/p>\n

7:11<\/span> God is a just judge;<\/p>\n

he is angry throughout the day.<\/p>\n

7:12<\/span> If a person does not repent, God sharpens his sword<\/p>\n

and prepares to shoot his bow.<\/p>\n

7:13<\/span> He prepares to use deadly weapons against him;<\/p>\n

he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.<\/p>\n

7:14<\/span> See the one who is pregnant with wickedness,<\/p>\n

who conceives destructive plans,<\/p>\n

and gives birth to harmful lies –<\/p>\n

7:15<\/span> he digs a pit<\/p>\n

and then falls into the hole he has made.<\/p>\n

7:16<\/span> He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans<\/p>\n

and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.<\/p>\n

7:17<\/span> I will thank the Lord<\/span> for his justice;<\/p>\n

I will sing praises to the sovereign Lord<\/span>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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