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 SHIGGAION OF DAVID, THAT HE SUNG TO YHWH CONCERNING THE WORDS OF CUSH, A BENJAMITE. O YHWH, my God, in You I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, 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 as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
4 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw my adversary 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.
[Then] an enemy pursues my soul, and overtakes, And treads down my life to the earth, And places 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.
Rise, O YHWH, in Your anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of my adversaries, And awake Yourself for me: You have commanded judgment.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
9 Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
Please let the evil of the wicked be ended, And establish the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
11 God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
14 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
15 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
17 I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
