Psalms 7
1 O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite. Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.
3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;
4 If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him that without cause is my enemy: )
If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me; )
5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life on the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. (Selah)
Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take [it], and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. (Selah)
6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that you have commanded.
Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass you about: for their sakes therefore return you on high.
And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high.
8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity that is in me.
Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and reins.
Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.
10 My defense is of God, which saves the upright in heart.
My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.
11 God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant all the day.
12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,
13 He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.
14 Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:
15 He made a pit, and dig it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.
16 His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down on his own pate.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.
