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
Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me [in order to harm me].
2 lest to tear like/as lion soul my to tear and nothing to rescue
If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces like a lion does [when it attacks the animals it wants to kill], and no one will save me [from them].
3 LORD God my if to make: do this if there injustice in/on/with palm my
Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
4 if to wean to ally me bad: evil and to rescue [emph?] to vex me emptily
if I have done evil to some friend who did good things to me, or if, for no good reason, I have spared (OR, acted violently toward) those who were my enemies,
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)
allow my enemies to pursue me and capture me. Allow them to trample me into the ground and leave me [SYN] [lying dead] in the dirt.
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
But Yahweh, because you are [very] angry [with those who pursue me], arise and attack/defeat my enemies who are furiously/angrily [attacking me] Do to them what is just!
7 and congregation people to turn: turn you and upon her to/for height to return: return [emph?]
Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
8 LORD to judge people to judge me LORD like/as righteousness my and like/as integrity my upon me
Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
9 to cease please bad: evil wicked and to establish: establish righteous and to test heart and kidney God righteous
God, you know what every person is thinking, and because you are righteous, you [always] do what is just/right. [So now] stop evil people from doing wicked [deeds], and defend [all of us who are] righteous!
10 shield my upon God to save upright heart
God, you protect me like a shield [protects soldiers] [MET]; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being.
11 God to judge righteous and God be indignant in/on/with all day
You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
12 if not to return: repent sword his to sharpen bow his to tread and to establish: prepare her
Whenever your enemies do not (repent/change their behavior), [it is as though] [MET] you sharpen your sword and put a string on your bow [to get ready to kill them].
13 and to/for him to establish: prepare article/utensil death arrow his to/for to burn/pursue to work
You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
14 behold be in labour evil: wickedness and to conceive trouble and to beget deception
Wicked people tell lies, and they think that they surely will be able to do [MET] the evil things that they are planning to do [just as surely as] a pregnant woman [knows that she is going to give birth to a child] [MET].
15 pit to pierce and to search him and to fall: fall in/on/with pit: grave to work
But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
16 to return: return trouble his in/on/with head his and upon crown his violence his to go down
They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others.
17 to give thanks LORD like/as righteousness his and to sing name LORD Most High
I praise Yahweh because he [always acts] righteously/justly; I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god.
