< Psalms 7 >
1 Shiggaion to/for David which to sing to/for LORD upon word Cush Benjaminite Benjaminite LORD God my in/on/with you to seek refuge to save me from all to pursue me and to rescue me
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
2 lest to tear like/as lion soul my to tear and nothing to rescue
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 LORD God my if to make: do this if there injustice in/on/with palm my
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
4 if to wean to ally me bad: evil and to rescue [emph?] to vex me emptily
if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
5 to pursue enemy soul my and to overtake and to trample to/for land: soil life my and glory my to/for dust to dwell (Selah)
then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust.
6 to arise: rise [emph?] LORD in/on/with face: anger your to lift: raise in/on/with fury to vex me and to rouse [emph?] to(wards) me justice: judgement to command
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
7 and congregation people to turn: turn you and upon her to/for height to return: return [emph?]
Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
8 LORD to judge people to judge me LORD like/as righteousness my and like/as integrity my upon me
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
9 to cease please bad: evil wicked and to establish: establish righteous and to test heart and kidney God righteous
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
10 shield my upon God to save upright heart
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God to judge righteous and God be indignant in/on/with all day
God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
12 if not to return: repent sword his to sharpen bow his to tread and to establish: prepare her
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
13 and to/for him to establish: prepare article/utensil death arrow his to/for to burn/pursue to work
He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
14 behold be in labour evil: wickedness and to conceive trouble and to beget deception
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
15 pit to pierce and to search him and to fall: fall in/on/with pit: grave to work
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
16 to return: return trouble his in/on/with head his and upon crown his violence his to go down
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
17 to give thanks LORD like/as righteousness his and to sing name LORD Most High
I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.