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.
Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is 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 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 that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is my 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 the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honour 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 the people surround thee: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8 YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according 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.
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10 My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
My defence is from God, who saveth the upright in heart.
11 God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry 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 hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13 Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth 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 iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
He made a pit, and dug it, and hath fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon the crown of his head.
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: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
