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.
Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite. Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;
2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.
3 O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
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 that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me; )
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 after my soul, and take [it], and let him tread down my life 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, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.
7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high.
8 YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which 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.
Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.
10 My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.
11 God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant all the day.
12 If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,
13 Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.
14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath 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 digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that 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 pate.
17 I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.
