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 Jehovah, on account of the reproaches of Cush the Benjamite.” O Jehovah, my God! to thee do I look for help; Save me from them that persecute me, and deliver me!
2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
Lest mine enemy tear me like a lion; Lest he rend me in pieces, while there is none to help.
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 upon my hands,
4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw my adversary without cause,
If I have rendered evil to my friend, Or have despoiled him that without cause is mine enemy, —
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 my adversary pursue and take me; Let him trample me to the ground, And lay me prostrate in 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.
Arise, O LORD! in thine anger; Lift thyself up against the rage of mine enemies; Awake for me, ordain judgment!
7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
Let the assembly of the nations compass thee about, And on their account return 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 judgeth the nations; Judge me, O LORD! according to my righteousness, And requite me according to my integrity!
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 wickedness of the wicked be at an end; But establish the righteous! For the righteous God trieth the heart and the 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, And a God who is angry every day.
12 If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
If he do not desist, He sharpeneth 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.
He prepareth for him the instruments of death; He shooteth his burning arrows.
14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
Behold, he travailed with iniquity, And conceived mischief, But hath brought forth disappointment!
15 He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
He made a pit and digged 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 returneth upon his own head, And his violence cometh down upon his own skull.
17 I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness; I will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
