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 Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord about Cush, the Benjamite. Lord my God, I take refuge in you. Deliver me, save me from all who pursue me;
2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
or like lions they will tear me to pieces, and rend me, past hope of rescue.
3 O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
Lord, my God, if my life has been such if my hands have been stained with guilt,
4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw my adversary without cause,
if friends I paid back with evil, if I plundered my foes 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 chase and find me, trample my life to the ground, my honor leave in the dirt! (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, Lord, in anger, against my foes rise in fury. Awake for my help: let justice be done.
7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
Gather the nations about you, and sit on your lofty throne,
8 YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
as the Lord, the judge of the peoples. Judge me, Lord, in my innocence and 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.
Put an end to the wrong of the wicked, protect the righteous. Searcher of hearts and minds, righteous God.
10 My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
God is my shield: he saves the upright in heart.
11 God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
God is a just judge, constant in righteous anger.
12 If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
He will sharpen his sword without fail, his bow is bent and ready,
13 Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
his deadly weapons are ready, his arrows he makes of flame.
14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
The enemy who conceives evil; pregnant with mischief, giving birth to lies,
15 He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
a pit they have made and dug; but into the hole that they made they will fall.
16 His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
On their own heads their mischief comes back; on their own skulls their violence comes down.
17 I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
I will give thanks to the Lord for his justice, and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.
