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:
Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me [in order to harm me].
2 Lest he tear like a lion my soul, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces like a lion does [when it attacks the animals it wants to kill], and no one will save me [from them].
3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be injustice in my hands;
Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
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 I have done evil to some friend who did good things to me, or if, for no good reason, I have spared (OR, acted violently toward) those who were my enemies,
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)
allow my enemies to pursue me and capture me. Allow them to trample me into the ground and leave me [SYN] [lying dead] in the dirt.
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.
But Yahweh, because you are [very] angry [with those who pursue me], arise and attack/defeat my enemies who are furiously/angrily [attacking me] Do to them what is just!
7 So shall the congregation of nations compass thee about: and for their sakes return thou to the height.
Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
8 The Lord will judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity [grant] me [recompense].
Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
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.
God, you know what every person is thinking, and because you are righteous, you [always] do what is just/right. [So now] stop evil people from doing wicked [deeds], and defend [all of us who are] righteous!
10 My protection is by God, who saveth the upright in heath.
God, you protect me like a shield [protects soldiers] [MET]; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being.
11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant [with the wicked] every day.
You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
12 If he turn not, He will whet his sword, he bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready.
Whenever your enemies do not (repent/change their behavior), [it is as though] [MET] you sharpen your sword and put a string on your bow [to get ready to kill them].
13 Also for him he prepareth the instruments of death; he fashioneth his arrows against the persecutors.
You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
14 Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
Wicked people tell lies, and they think that they surely will be able to do [MET] the evil things that they are planning to do [just as surely as] a pregnant woman [knows that she is going to give birth to a child] [MET].
15 He hath hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought.
But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
16 His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.
They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others.
17 I will thank the Lord according to his righteousness; and I will sing praises to the name of the Lord the Most High.
I praise Yahweh because he [always acts] righteously/justly; I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god.
