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, which he sang to the Lord about Cush, the Benjamite. Lord my God, I take refuge in you. Deliver me, save me from all who pursue me;
2 or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
or like lions they will tear me to pieces, and rend me, past hope of rescue.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
Lord, my God, if my life has been such if my hands have been stained with guilt,
4 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
if friends I paid back with evil, if I plundered my foes 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 chase and find me, trample my life to the ground, my honor leave in the dirt! (Selah)
6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Arise, Lord, in anger, against my foes rise in fury. Awake for my help: let justice be done.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
Gather the nations about you, and sit on your lofty throne,
8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
as the Lord, the judge of the peoples. Judge me, Lord, in my innocence and according to my integrity.
9 Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
Put an end to the wrong of the wicked, protect the righteous. Searcher of hearts and minds, righteous God.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
God is my shield: he saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
God is a just judge, constant in righteous anger.
12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
He will sharpen his sword without fail, his bow is bent and ready,
13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
his deadly weapons are ready, his arrows he makes of flame.
14 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
The enemy who conceives evil; pregnant with mischief, giving birth to lies,
15 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
a pit they have made and dug; but into the hole that they made they will fall.
16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
On their own heads their mischief comes back; on their own skulls their violence comes down.
17 I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
I will give thanks to the Lord for his justice, and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.
