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,
The psalm of David which he sung to the Lord for the words of Chusi the son of Jemini. O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
2 or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.
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 thing, if there be iniquity in my hands:
4 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.
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 the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.
6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies. And arise, O Lord my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded:
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
And a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for their sakes return thou on high.
8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.
9 Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought: and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Just is my help from the Lord: who saveth the upright of heart.
11 God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day?
12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword: he hath bent his bow and made it ready.
13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
And in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn.
14 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.
15 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.
16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.
17 I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice: and will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.
