7Let an assembly of people gather around you. Take your seat high above them. 8The LORD judges the people of the world. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity. 9Let the evil within wicked people come to an end, but make the righteous person secure, O righteous God who examines thoughts and emotions. 10My shield is God above, who saves those whose motives are decent. 11God is a fair judge, a God who is angered by injustice every day. 12If a person does not change, God sharpens his sword. By bending his bow, he makes it ready [to shoot]. 13He prepares his deadly weapons and turns them into flaming arrows. 14See how that person conceives evil, is pregnant with harm, and gives birth to lies. 15He digs a pit and shovels it out. Then he falls into the hole that he made [for others]. 16His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him. 17I will give thanks to the LORD for his righteousness. I will make music to praise the name of the LORD Most High.
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