Psalms 7
1 A SHIGGAION OF DAVID, THAT HE SUNG TO YHWH CONCERNING THE WORDS OF CUSH, A BENJAMITE. O YHWH, my God, in You I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.
O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
O Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands,
4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw my adversary without cause,
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, (yea, I have delivered him without cause who was my adversary),
5 [Then] an enemy pursues my soul, and overtakes, And treads down my life to the earth, And places my glory in the dust. (Selah)
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it. Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. (Selah)
6 Rise, O YHWH, in Your anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of my adversaries, And awake Yourself for me: You have commanded judgment.
Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger. Lift up thyself against the rage of my adversaries, and awake for me the justice thou have commanded.
7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
And let the congregation of the peoples encompass thee about, and return thou on high over them.
8 YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
Jehovah shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
9 Please let the evil of the wicked be ended, And establish the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
10 My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
God is a righteous judge. Yea, a God who has indignation every day.
12 If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
If a man does not repent, he will whet his sword. He has bent his bow, and made it ready.
13 Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery.
14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
Behold the wicked man, he travails with iniquity. Yea, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.
17 I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
I will give thanks to Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
