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,
“A Shiggayon of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the affairs of Cush the Benjamite.” O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust; save me from every one of my persecutors, 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 like a lion my soul, rending it in pieces, with 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 injustice in my hands;
4 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
If I have recompensed him that was at peace with me with evil; If I have taken aught from my assailants 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.
May the enemy hotly pursue my soul, and overtake it; and tread down upon the earth my life, and cause my honor to be 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 thy anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
So shall the congregation of nations compass thee about: and for their sakes return thou to the height.
8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
The Lord will judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity [grant] me [recompense].
9 Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just, O thou, who triest the hearts and reins, O righteous God.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
My protection is by God, who saveth the upright in heath.
11 God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant [with the wicked] every day.
12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
If he turn not, He will whet his sword, he bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready.
13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
Also for him he prepareth the instruments of death; he fashioneth his arrows against the persecutors.
14 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived 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 hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought.
16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.
17 I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
I will thank the Lord according to his righteousness; and I will sing praises to the name of the Lord the Most High.
