< Psalms 7 >
1 A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Chusi the Benjamite. O Lord my God, in you have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
Shiggaion to/for David which to sing to/for LORD upon word Cush Benjaminite Benjaminite LORD God my in/on/with you to seek refuge to save me from all to pursue me and to rescue me
2 Lest at any time [the enemy] seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.
lest to tear like/as lion soul my to tear and nothing to rescue
3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands; )
LORD God my if to make: do this if there injustice in/on/with palm my
4 if I have requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.
if to wean to ally me bad: evil and to rescue [emph?] to vex me emptily
5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, an take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. (Pause)
to pursue enemy soul my and to overtake and to trample to/for land: soil life my and glory my to/for dust to dwell (Selah)
6 Arise, O Lord, in your wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which you did command.
to arise: rise [emph?] LORD in/on/with face: anger your to lift: raise in/on/with fury to vex me and to rouse [emph?] to(wards) me justice: judgement to command
7 And the congregation of the nations shall compass you: and for this cause do you return on high.
and congregation people to turn: turn you and upon her to/for height to return: return [emph?]
8 The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.
LORD to judge people to judge me LORD like/as righteousness my and like/as integrity my upon me
9 Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and [then] you shall direct the righteous, O God that search the hearts and reins.
to cease please bad: evil wicked and to establish: establish righteous and to test heart and kidney God righteous
10 My help is righteous, [coming] from God who saves the upright in heart.
shield my upon God to save upright heart
11 God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day.
God to judge righteous and God be indignant in/on/with all day
12 If you will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
if not to return: repent sword his to sharpen bow his to tread and to establish: prepare her
13 And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.
and to/for him to establish: prepare article/utensil death arrow his to/for to burn/pursue to work
14 Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.
behold be in labour evil: wickedness and to conceive trouble and to beget deception
15 He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.
pit to pierce and to search him and to fall: fall in/on/with pit: grave to work
16 His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.
to return: return trouble his in/on/with head his and upon crown his violence his to go down
17 I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.
to give thanks LORD like/as righteousness his and to sing name LORD Most High