Psalms 7
1 A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;
2 or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;
4 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
5 then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust.
Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah)
6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.
8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.
9 Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.
11 God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day.
12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.
13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.
14 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.
15 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
17 I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.
