Psalms 7
1 O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush, the son of Jemini. O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me:
2 lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
lest at any time, like a lion, he might seize my soul, while there is no one to redeem me, nor any who can save.
3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands,
O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this:
4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, (yea, I have delivered him without cause who was my adversary),
if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies:
5 let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it. Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. (Selah)
let the enemy pursue my soul, and take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust. (Pause)
6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger. Lift up thyself against the rage of my adversaries, and awake for me the justice thou have commanded.
Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded,
7 And let the congregation of the peoples encompass thee about, and return thou on high over them.
and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high.
8 Jehovah shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.
9 O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.
11 God is a righteous judge. Yea, a God who has indignation every day.
God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?
12 If a man does not repent, he will whet his sword. He has bent his bow, and made it ready.
Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.
13 He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery.
And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.
14 Behold the wicked man, he travails with iniquity. Yea, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.
15 He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.
His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.
17 I will give thanks to Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
I will confess to the Lord according to his justice, and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord Most High.
