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, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning Cush a Benjamite. O LORD my God, in Thee have I taken refuge; save me from all them that pursue 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 he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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 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 requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness;
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 overtake it, and tread my life down to the earth; yea, let him lay my glory in the dust. (Selah)
6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Arise, O LORD, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself in indignation against mine adversaries; yea, awake for me at the judgment which Thou hast commanded.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
And let the congregation of the peoples compass Thee about, and over them return Thou on high.
8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
O LORD, who ministerest judgment to the peoples, judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9 Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
Oh that a full measure of evil might come upon the wicked, and that Thou wouldest establish the righteous; for the righteous God trieth the heart and reins.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
God is a righteous judge, yea, a God that hath indignation every day:
12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
If a man turn not, He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready;
13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death, yea, His arrows which He made sharp.
14 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he conceiveth mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
15 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
17 I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
I will give thanks unto the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
