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:
[A meditation by David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.] LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
LORD, my God, if I have done this, if there is 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 who was at peace with me, or oppressed my enemy without cause,
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 my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down 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, LORD, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake, my God; you have appointed judgment.
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass you about: for their sakes therefore return you on high.
And let the congregation of the peoples surround you, and rule over them 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.
The LORD administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that 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 wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. The righteous God tests hearts and minds.
10 My defense is of God, which saves the upright in heart.
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
13 He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
He has also prepared for himself deadly weapons. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
14 Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Look, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit, and dig it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
16 His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down on his own pate.
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head, and his violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
