13 For thou dost bless the righteous, O Lord; With goodwill, as with a shield, you crown him.

Psalm 6

1 To the head of the choir. On an eight-string one. Psalm of David.

2 Lord! Do not rebuke me in Thy wrath, nor punish me in Thy wrath.

3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are shaken;

4 And my soul is greatly shaken; And thou, O Lord, how long?

5 Turn back, O Lord, deliver my soul, save me for thy mercy's sake,

6 For in death there is no remembrance of Thee: in the grave who shall praise Thee?

7 I am weary with my groanings: every night I wash my bed, with my tears I wet my bed.

8 My eye is dry with sorrow, it is worn out by all my enemies.

9 Get away from me, all you who do iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping,

10 The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will accept my prayer.

11 Let all my enemies be put to shame and cruelly smitten; let them return and be ashamed in a moment.

Psalm 7

1 The lamentation which David sang to the Lord concerning the cause of Cush, of the tribe of Benjamin.

2 O Lord my God! in Thee I trust; save me from all my persecutors, and deliver me;

3 Let him not pluck out my soul like a lion, tearing me to pieces, when there is no one to deliver.

4 O Lord my God! If I have done anything, if there is iniquity in my hands,

5 If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, I, who saved even him who had become my enemy without cause,

6 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake me, let him trample my life into the ground, and cast my glory into the dust.

7 Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; Be moved against the fury of my enemies, awaken unto me to the judgment which thou hast commanded;