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Psalms 7:1-17 (ANIV)
1 [A shiggaion [1] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.]

O Lord my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
2 or they will tear me like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no-one to rescue me.

3 O Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands—
4 if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me
or without cause have robbed my foe—
5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
let him trample my life to the ground
and make me sleep in the dust.

Selah

6 Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather round you.
Rule over them from on high;
8 let the Lord judge the peoples.
Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.
9 O righteous God,
who searches minds and hearts,
bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure.

10 My shield [2] is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge,
a God who expresses his wrath every day.
12 If he does not relent,
he [3] will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.

14 He who is pregnant with evil
and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
15 He who digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit he has made.
16 The trouble he causes recoils on himself;
his violence comes down on his own head.

17 I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness
and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

[1]
Title: Probably a literary or musical term.

[2]
Or, sovereign.

[3]
Or, If a man does not repent, / God…

DRAWING NOTES:

TIME OF DAY:
Unspecified in Bible Text.

LIGHTING NOTES:
The fire provides the illumination in this scene.

CHARACTERS PRESENT:
Unnamed soldier with shield.

RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Psalm 07 is an example of a lament, which is a cry out for help in a situation of distress or frustration.

This scene is based on verse 10 “My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.”

The white cross on the shield tells us the soldier is a Christian believer.
The fire isn’t coming from heaven, but represents supernatural opposition to the soldier’s beliefs in Jesus as Lord and Saviour.