Psalms 7
1 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD; concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me:
Ode of David: which he sang unto Yahweh, on account of the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Yahweh my God, in thee, have I sought refuge, —Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me:
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Lest one tear, as a lion, my soul, —and there be no deliverer to rescue.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:
4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary: )
If I have requited my friend with wrong, —or have oppressed mine adversary without need,
5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. (Selah)
Let an enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it, that he may tread down, to the earth, my life, —and, mine honour—in the dust, he may cause to dwell. (Selah)
6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries: and awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
Rise! Yahweh! in thine anger, Lift thyself up, because of the haughty outbursts of mine adversaries, Stir up for me the justice thou hast commanded:
7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about: and over them return thou on high.
When, the assembly of peoples, gather round thee, then, above it—on high, do thou return!
8 The LORD ministereth judgment to the peoples: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
Yahweh, will judge the peoples, —Do me justice, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity upon me,
9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous, —for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
10 My shield is with God, which saveth the upright in heart.
My shield, is held by God, who is ready to save the upright in heart:
11 God is a righteous judge, yea, a God that hath indignation every day.
A God to vindicate the righteous, —And yet a God to be indignant throughout every day.
12 If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
If he turn not, his sword, will he whet, —his bow, hath he bent, and made ready:
13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].
But, for himself, hath he made ready the weapons so deadly, His arrows, he, so fiery, would make:
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment:
15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made:
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
His mischief, turneth back, on his own head, —and, on his own crown, his violence, descendeth.
17 I will give thanks unto the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
I will praise Yahweh according to his righteousness, —and will praise in song the Name of Yahweh Most High.
