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 musical composition of David, which he sang to Yahweh concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. Yahweh my God, I take refuge in you! Save me from all who chase me, and rescue me.
2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
Otherwise, they will rip me apart like a lion, tearing me in pieces with no one else able to bring me to safety.
3 O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
Yahweh my God, if I have done this, and there is guilt on my hands—
4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw my adversary without cause,
if I have done evil to him who was at peace with me, or senselessly harmed my enemy without cause, then hear my words.
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)
Then let my enemy pursue my life and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor 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, Yahweh, in your anger; stand up against the rage of my enemies; wake up for my sake and carry out the righteous decrees that you have commanded for them.
7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
The countries are assembled all around you; take once more your rightful place over them.
8 YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
Yahweh, judge the nations; vindicate me, Yahweh, because I am righteous and innocent, Most High.
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.
May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous people, righteous God, you who examine hearts and minds.
10 My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
My shield comes from God, the one who saves the upright in heart.
11 God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
God is a righteous judge, a God who is indignant each day.
12 If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword and will prepare his bow for battle.
13 Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
He prepares to use weapons against him; he makes his arrows flaming shafts.
14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
Think about the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, who gives birth to harmful lies.
15 He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
He digs a pit and hollows it out and then falls into the hole he has made.
16 His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
His own destructive plans return to his own head, for his violence comes down on his own head.
17 I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
I will give thanks to Yahweh for his justice; I will sing praise to Yahweh Most High.
