Psalms 7
1 O YHWH my Elohim, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me [in order to harm me].
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces like a lion does [when it attacks the animals it wants to kill], and no one will save me [from them].
3 O YHWH my Elohim, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy: )
if I have done evil to some friend who did good things to me, or if, for no good reason, I have spared (OR, acted violently toward) those who were my enemies,
5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. (Selah)
allow my enemies to pursue me and capture me. Allow them to trample me into the ground and leave me [SYN] [lying dead] in the dirt.
6 Arise, O YHWH, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
But Yahweh, because you are [very] angry [with those who pursue me], arise and attack/defeat my enemies who are furiously/angrily [attacking me] Do to them what is just!
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
8 YHWH shall judge the people: judge me, O YHWH, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous Elohim trieth the hearts and reins.
God, you know what every person is thinking, and because you are righteous, you [always] do what is just/right. [So now] stop evil people from doing wicked [deeds], and defend [all of us who are] righteous!
10 My defence is of Elohim, which saveth the upright in heart.
God, you protect me like a shield [protects soldiers] [MET]; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being.
11 Elohim judgeth the righteous, and El is angry with the wicked every day.
You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Whenever your enemies do not (repent/change their behavior), [it is as though] [MET] you sharpen your sword and put a string on your bow [to get ready to kill them].
13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Wicked people tell lies, and they think that they surely will be able to do [MET] the evil things that they are planning to do [just as surely as] a pregnant woman [knows that she is going to give birth to a child] [MET].
15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others.
17 I will praise YHWH according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of YHWH most high.
I praise Yahweh because he [always acts] righteously/justly; I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god.
