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 unto the LORD, concerning Cush a Benjamite. O LORD my God, in Thee have I taken refuge; save me from all them that 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 he 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 there be iniquity in my hands;
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity 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 him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness;
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 the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it, and tread my life down to the earth; yea, let him lay my glory in the dust. (Selah)
6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that you have commanded.
Arise, O LORD, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself in indignation against mine adversaries; yea, awake for me at the judgment which Thou hast commanded.
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 compass Thee about, and over them return Thou on high.
8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
O LORD, who ministerest judgment to the peoples, judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine 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 that a full measure of evil might come upon the wicked, and that Thou wouldest establish the righteous; for the righteous God trieth the heart and reins.
10 My defence 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, yea, a God that hath indignation every day:
12 If he turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
If a man turn not, He will whet 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.
He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death, yea, His arrows which He made sharp.
14 Behold, he labors with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he conceiveth mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown of the head.
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 give thanks unto the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
