Psalms 7
1 O Yhwh my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
Ode of David: which he sang unto Yahweh, on account of the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Yahweh my God, in thee, have I sought refuge, —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 one tear, as a lion, my soul, —and there be no deliverer to rescue.
3 O Yhwh my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:
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 requited my friend with wrong, —or have oppressed mine adversary without need,
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)
Let an enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it, that he may tread down, to the earth, my life, —and, mine honour—in the dust, he may cause to dwell. (Selah)
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.
Rise! Yahweh! in thine anger, Lift thyself up, because of the haughty outbursts of mine adversaries, Stir up for me the justice thou hast commanded:
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
When, the assembly of peoples, gather round thee, then, above it—on high, do thou return!
8 Yhwh shall judge the people: judge me, O Yhwh, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Yahweh, will judge the peoples, —Do me justice, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity upon me,
9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous, —for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
My shield, is held by God, who is ready to save the upright in heart:
11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
A God to vindicate the righteous, —And yet a God to be indignant throughout every day.
12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
If he turn not, his sword, will he whet, —his bow, hath he bent, and made ready:
13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
But, for himself, hath he made ready the weapons so deadly, His arrows, he, so fiery, would make:
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment:
15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made:
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
His mischief, turneth back, on his own head, —and, on his own crown, his violence, descendeth.
17 I will praise Yhwh according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of Yhwh most high.
I will praise Yahweh according to his righteousness, —and will praise in song the Name of Yahweh Most High.
