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.
A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush, the son of Jemini. O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me:
2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
lest at any time, like a lion, he might seize my soul, while there is no one to redeem me, nor any who can save.
3 O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this:
4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw my adversary without cause,
if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies:
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 take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust. (Pause)
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.
Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded,
7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high.
8 YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within 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.
The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.
10 My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.
11 God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?
12 If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.
13 Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.
14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.
15 He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.
16 His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.
17 I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
I will confess to the Lord according to his justice, and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord Most High.
