< Psalms 7 >

1 “A Shiggayon of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the affairs of Cush the Benjamite.” O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust; save me from every one of my persecutors, 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 he tear like a lion my soul, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
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 be injustice in my hands;
LORD God my if to make: do this if there injustice in/on/with palm my
4 If I have recompensed him that was at peace with me with evil; If I have taken aught from my assailants without cause:
if to wean to ally me bad: evil and to rescue [emph?] to vex me emptily
5 May the enemy hotly pursue my soul, and overtake it; and tread down upon the earth my life, and cause my honor to be in the dust. (Selah)
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 thy anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment that thou hast commanded.
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 So shall the congregation of nations compass thee about: and for their sakes return thou to the height.
and congregation people to turn: turn you and upon her to/for height to return: return [emph?]
8 The Lord will judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity [grant] me [recompense].
LORD to judge people to judge me LORD like/as righteousness my and like/as integrity my upon me
9 Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just, O thou, who triest the hearts and reins, O righteous God.
to cease please bad: evil wicked and to establish: establish righteous and to test heart and kidney God righteous
10 My protection is by God, who saveth the upright in heath.
shield my upon God to save upright heart
11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant [with the wicked] every day.
God to judge righteous and God be indignant in/on/with all day
12 If he turn not, He will whet his sword, he bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready.
if not to return: repent sword his to sharpen bow his to tread and to establish: prepare her
13 Also for him he prepareth the instruments of death; he fashioneth his arrows against the persecutors.
and to/for him to establish: prepare article/utensil death arrow his to/for to burn/pursue to work
14 Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
behold be in labour evil: wickedness and to conceive trouble and to beget deception
15 He hath hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought.
pit to pierce and to search him and to fall: fall in/on/with pit: grave to work
16 His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.
to return: return trouble his in/on/with head his and upon crown his violence his to go down
17 I will thank the Lord according to his righteousness; and I will sing praises to the name of the Lord the Most High.
to give thanks LORD like/as righteousness his and to sing name LORD Most High

< Psalms 7 >