Oh let the malice of the wicked come to an end: but guide thou the just: for the righteous God trieth the [a]hearts and reins.

10 My defense is in God, who preserveth the upright in heart.

11 God judgeth the righteous, and him that contemneth God, [b]every day.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:9 Though they pretend a just cause against me: yet God shall judge their hypocrisy.
  2. Psalm 7:11 He doth continually call the wicked to repentance by some signs of his judgments.

Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—(A)
you, the righteous God(B)
    who probes minds and hearts.(C)

10 My shield[a](D) is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.(E)
11 God is a righteous judge,(F)
    a God who displays his wrath(G) every day.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign