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 meditation by David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.] Jehovah, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2 lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands,
Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
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 rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, or oppressed my enemy without cause,
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 overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. (Selah)
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.
Arise, Jehovah, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake, my God; you have appointed judgment.
7 And let the congregation of the peoples encompass thee about, and return thou on high over them.
And let the congregation of the peoples surround you, and rule over them on high.
8 Jehovah shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
Jehovah administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in 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.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. The righteous God tests hearts and minds.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge. Yea, a God who has indignation every day.
God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
12 If a man does not repent, he will whet his sword. He has bent his bow, and made it ready.
If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
13 He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery.
He has also prepared for himself deadly weapons. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
14 Behold the wicked man, he travails with iniquity. Yea, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Look, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head, and his violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
17 I will give thanks to Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
I will give thanks to Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
