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 meditation by David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite. LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2 lest to tear like/as lion soul my to tear and nothing to rescue
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
3 LORD God my if to make: do this if there injustice in/on/with palm my
LORD, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
4 if to wean to ally me bad: evil and to rescue [emph?] to vex me emptily
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have plundered him who without cause was my adversary),
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)
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. (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 your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgement.
7 and congregation people to turn: turn you and upon her to/for height to return: return [emph?]
Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule 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 administers judgement to the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
9 to cease please bad: evil wicked and to establish: establish righteous and to test heart and kidney God righteous
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
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, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
12 if not to return: repent sword his to sharpen bow his to tread and to establish: prepare her
If a man doesn’t repent, he 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 also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
14 behold be in labour evil: wickedness and to conceive trouble and to beget deception
Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out 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 has fallen into the pit which he made.
16 to return: return trouble his in/on/with head his and upon crown his violence his to go down
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
17 to give thanks LORD like/as righteousness his and to sing name LORD Most High
I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
