Psalms 7
1 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].
The psalm of David which he sung to the Lord for the words of Chusi the son of Jemini. O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
2 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].
Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.
3 Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
O Lord my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands:
4 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,
If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.
5 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.
Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.
6 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!
Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies. And arise, O Lord my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded:
7 Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
And a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for their sakes return thou on high.
8 Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.
9 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!
The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought: and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God.
10 God, you protect me like a shield [protects soldiers] [MET]; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being.
Just is my help from the Lord: who saveth the upright of heart.
11 You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day?
12 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].
Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword: he hath bent his bow and made it ready.
13 You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
And in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn.
14 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].
Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.
15 But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.
16 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.
His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.
17 I praise Yahweh because he [always acts] righteously/justly; I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god.
I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice: and will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.
