Persecution--Praise

            Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: 

       Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 

     O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 

     If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) 

     Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. 

      Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. 

     So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. 

      The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. 

     Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. 

     My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.  

       God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 

     If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 

     He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 

      Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 

     He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch  which he made. 

     His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. 

     I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.  Psalms 7:1-17

     I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. 

      When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 

     For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. 

      Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 

     O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. 

       But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. 

       And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. 

       The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 

       And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 

       Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. 

       When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 

       Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble  which I suffer  of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 

       That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 

      The heathen are sunk down in the pit  that  they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 

       The LORD is known  by  the judgment  which  he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 

       The wicked shall be turned into hell,  and  all the nations that forget God. 

     For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall  not  perish for ever. 

       Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 

     Put them in fear, O LORD:  that  the nations may know themselves  to be but  men. Selah.

Psalms 9:2-20