Psaumes 7.1
New International Version

Prière du juste persécuté

¹ Lord my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

² or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

³ Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands —

⁴ if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause have robbed my foe —

⁵ then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
let him trample my life to the ground
and make me sleep in the dust.

⁶ Arise, Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.

⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.

⁸ Let the Lord judge the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.

⁹ Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure —
you, the righteous God
who probes minds and hearts.

¹⁰ My shield is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.

¹¹ God is a righteous judge,
a God who displays his wrath every day.

¹² If he does not relent,
he will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.

¹³ He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.

¹⁴ Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.

¹⁵ Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit they have made.

¹⁶ The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;
I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.