or they[a] will tear me like a lion,
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.[b](A)

Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,(B)
if I have done harm to one at peace with me(C)
or have plundered[c] my adversary without cause,(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:2 Lit he
  2. Psalm 7:2 Lit ripping, and without a rescuer
  3. Psalm 7:4 Or me and have spared

or they will tear me apart like a lion(A)
    and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue(B) me.

Lord my God, if I have done this
    and there is guilt on my hands(C)
if I have repaid my ally with evil
    or without cause(D) have robbed my foe—

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