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End all wickedness, O Lord, and bless all who truly worship God;[a] for you, the righteous God, look deep within the hearts of men and examine all their motives and their thoughts.

10 God is my shield; he will defend me. He saves those whose hearts and lives are true and right.[b]

11 God is a judge who is perfectly fair, and he is angry with the wicked every day.

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  1. Psalm 7:9 God, literally, “the just.”
  2. Psalm 7:10 those whose hearts and lives are true and right, literally, “the upright in heart.”

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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  1. Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign