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 unto the LORD, concerning Cush a Benjamite. O LORD my God, in Thee have I taken refuge; save me from all them that pursue me, 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, 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 LORD 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 requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness;
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, and tread my life down to the earth; yea, let him 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 LORD, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself in indignation against mine adversaries; yea, awake for me at the judgment which Thou hast commanded.
7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
And let the congregation of the peoples compass Thee about, and over them 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.
O LORD, who ministerest judgment to the peoples, judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine 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.
Oh that a full measure of evil might come upon the wicked, and that Thou wouldest establish the righteous; for the righteous God trieth the heart and reins.
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, yea, a God that hath 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 turn not, He will whet 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.
He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death, yea, His arrows which He made sharp.
14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he conceiveth mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
15 He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
He hath digged a pit, and hollowed 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 pate.
17 I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
I will give thanks unto the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
