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.
Adonai, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
3 O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
Adonai, my God, if I have done this, if there is 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 who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
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; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
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, Adonai, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have enjoined judgment.
7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.
8 YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
Adonai administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Adonai, according to my righteousness, and to my 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 let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the upright; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
10 My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has 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 does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
13 Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
Behold, he travails with vain striving of iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
15 He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
16 His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
The trouble he causes shall teshuvah ·completely return· to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
17 I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
I will yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to Adonai according to his righteousness, and will make zahmar ·musical praise· to the name of Adonai Most High.
