Psalms 7
1 Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;
O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2 So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.
lest they 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 my hands have done any wrong;
O Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands,
4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, (yea, I have delivered him without cause who was my adversary),
5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah)
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it. Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. (Selah)
6 Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.
Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger. Lift up thyself against the rage of my adversaries, and awake for me the justice thou have commanded.
7 The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.
And let the congregation of the peoples encompass thee about, and return thou on high over them.
8 The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.
Jehovah shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
9 O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.
O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
10 God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day.
God is a righteous judge. Yea, a God who has indignation every day.
12 If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.
If a man does not repent, he will whet his sword. He has bent his bow, and made it ready.
13 He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.
He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery.
14 That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.
Behold the wicked man, he travails with iniquity. Yea, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.
17 I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.
I will give thanks to Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
