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 Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord about Cush, the Benjamite. Lord my God, I take refuge in you. Deliver me, save me from all who pursue me;
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
or like lions they will tear me to pieces, and rend me, past hope of rescue.
3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Lord, my God, if my life has been such if my hands have been stained with guilt,
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 friends I paid back with evil, if I plundered my foes without cause,
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)
may the enemy chase and find me, trample my life to the ground, my honor leave in the dirt! (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, Lord, in anger, against my foes rise in fury. Awake for my help: let justice be done.
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass you about: for their sakes therefore return you on high.
Gather the nations about you, and sit on your lofty throne,
8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
as the Lord, the judge of the peoples. Judge me, Lord, in my innocence and according to my integrity.
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.
Put an end to the wrong of the wicked, protect the righteous. Searcher of hearts and minds, righteous God.
10 My defence is of God, which saves the upright in heart.
God is my shield: he saves the upright in heart.
11 God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
God is a just judge, constant in righteous anger.
12 If he turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
He will sharpen his sword without fail, his bow is bent and ready,
13 He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
his deadly weapons are ready, his arrows he makes of flame.
14 Behold, he labors with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
The enemy who conceives evil; pregnant with mischief, giving birth to lies,
15 He made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
a pit they have made and dug; but into the hole that they made they will fall.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown of the head.
On their own heads their mischief comes back; on their own skulls their violence comes down.
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 for his justice, and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.
