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 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:
2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
Lest he tear like a lion my soul, rending it in pieces, with 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 injustice in my hands;
4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw my adversary without cause,
If I have recompensed him that was at peace with me with evil; If I have taken aught from my assailants without cause:
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)
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)
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 thy anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
So shall the congregation of nations compass thee about: and for their sakes return thou to the height.
8 YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
The Lord will judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity [grant] me [recompense].
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 evil of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just, O thou, who triest the hearts and reins, O righteous God.
10 My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
My protection is by God, who saveth the upright in heath.
11 God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant [with the wicked] every day.
12 If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
If he turn not, He will whet his sword, he bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready.
13 Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
Also for him he prepareth the instruments of death; he fashioneth his arrows against the persecutors.
14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived 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 hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought.
16 His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.
17 I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
I will thank the Lord according to his righteousness; and I will sing praises to the name of the Lord the Most High.
