Psalm 7 Prayed
Confidence
in the victory of the cross
O Lord Jesus, my God,
give
me the confidence that comes
from
the victory you won on the cross.
For you took refuge in your
Father;
he
saved and delivered you
from
all who pursued you,
or they would have torn you
like a lion
and
ripped you to pieces
with no one to rescue you.
Although you committed no sin,
and
no deceit was found in your mouth.
When they hurled their insults
at you,
you
did not retaliate;
when
you suffered, you made no threats.
Instead, you entrusted yourself
to him who judges justly.
But when you were unjustly
flogged and crucified,
only you could pray with complete integrity
to your Father:
“O LORD my God, if I have done
this
and
there is guilt on my hands—
if I have done evil to him
who is at peace with me
or without cause have robbed my
foe—
then
let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
let him trample my life to the
ground
and
make me sleep in the dust.”
So your Father vindicated you
when
he raised you from the dead,
freeing
you from the agony of death,
because it was impossible for
death
to
keep hold of you,
so
you called out to your him:
“Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
rise
up against the rage of my spiritual enemies.
Awake,
my God; decree justice.”
Therefore, having disarmed
these powers and
authorities,
you
made a public spectacle of them
triumphing
over them by the cross.
You did this so that the
assembled peoples of God
could
gather around you.
so that you could rule over
them from on high;
so
that you could judge the peoples.
And now I do not have a high
priest
who
is unable to sympathise with my
weaknesses,
but I have one who has been
tempted
in
every way, just as I am—
yet
was without sin.
Therefore, you alone could pray
with integrity:
“Judge
me, O LORD,
according
to my righteousness,
according
to my integrity, O Most High.”
O Jesus, my righteous God,
who
searches minds and hearts,
you brought to an end the
violence of the Wicked
One
by the cross,
and
you have made those you have declared
righteous
secure.
Jesus, you are my shield; God
Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.
O Jesus my God, you are a
righteous judge,
a God who expresses his wrath every
day;
because our struggle is not against
flesh and blood,
but
against the rulers, against the authorities,
against
the powers of this dark world
and
against the spiritual forces of evil
in the heavenly realms.
Therefore, you did not relent.
You
sharpened your sword;
you
bent and strung your bow.
You prepared deadly weapons;
you
made ready your flaming arrows.
Satan, who was pregnant with
evil
and conceived trouble,
gave birth to disillusionment.
He dug a hole and scooped it
out
he
fell into the pit he had made.
The trouble he caused recoiled
on himself;
his
violence came down on his own head.
For your secret wisdom
had not yet been revealed,
a
wisdom that had been hidden,
and
that you destined for our glory
before time began.
None of the spiritual rulers of
this age
understood it, for if they had,
they would not have crucified you,
the Lord of glory.
Because by your death you destroyed him
who
holds the power of death;
that
is, the devil.
So I give thanks to you, Father
God!
You
give me the victory through my Lord
Jesus Christ.
And I will give thanks to you,
O Lord Jesus,
because
of your righteousness
and
will sing praise to your name;
the
Lord Jesus, Most High.
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Psalm 7 Prayed
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