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 about Cush, the Benjamite. Lord my God, I take refuge in you. Deliver me, save me from all who pursue me;
2 lest to tear like/as lion soul my to tear and nothing to rescue
or like lions they will tear me to pieces, and rend me, past hope of rescue.
3 LORD God my if to make: do this if there injustice in/on/with palm my
Lord, my God, if my life has been such if my hands have been stained with guilt,
4 if to wean to ally me bad: evil and to rescue [emph?] to vex me emptily
if friends I paid back with evil, if I plundered my foes 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)
may the enemy chase and find me, trample my life to the ground, my honor leave in the dirt! (Selah)
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, Lord, in anger, against my foes rise in fury. Awake for my help: let justice be done.
7 and congregation people to turn: turn you and upon her to/for height to return: return [emph?]
Gather the nations about you, and sit on your lofty throne,
8 LORD to judge people to judge me LORD like/as righteousness my and like/as integrity my upon me
as the Lord, the judge of the peoples. Judge me, Lord, in my innocence and according to my 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 wrong of the wicked, protect the righteous. Searcher of hearts and minds, righteous God.
10 shield my upon God to save upright heart
God is my shield: he saves the upright in heart.
11 God to judge righteous and God be indignant in/on/with all day
God is a just judge, constant in righteous anger.
12 if not to return: repent sword his to sharpen bow his to tread and to establish: prepare her
He will sharpen his sword without fail, his bow is bent and ready,
13 and to/for him to establish: prepare article/utensil death arrow his to/for to burn/pursue to work
his deadly weapons are ready, his arrows he makes of flame.
14 behold be in labour evil: wickedness and to conceive trouble and to beget deception
The enemy who conceives evil; pregnant with mischief, giving birth to lies,
15 pit to pierce and to search him and to fall: fall in/on/with pit: grave to work
a pit they have made and dug; but into the hole that they made they will fall.
16 to return: return trouble his in/on/with head his and upon crown his violence his to go down
On their own heads their mischief comes back; on their own skulls their violence comes down.
17 to give thanks LORD like/as righteousness his and to sing name LORD Most High
I will give thanks to the Lord for his justice, and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.
