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].
| שגיון לדוד אשר-שר ליהוה--על-דברי-כוש בן-ימיני ב יהוה אלהי בך חסיתי הושיעני מכל-רדפי והצילני |
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].
| פן-יטרף כאריה נפשי פרק ואין מציל |
3 Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
| יהוה אלהי אם-עשיתי זאת אם-יש-עול בכפי |
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,
| אם-גמלתי שולמי רע ואחלצה צוררי ריקם |
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.
| ירדף אויב נפשי וישג--וירמס לארץ חיי וכבודי לעפר ישכן סלה |
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!
| קומה יהוה באפך--הנשא בעברות צוררי ועורה אלי משפט צוית |
7 Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
| ועדת לאמים תסובבך ועליה למרום שובה |
8 Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
| יהוה ידין עמים שפטני יהוה כצדקי וכתמי עלי |
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!
| יגמר נא רע רשעים-- ותכונן צדיק ובחן לבות וכליות-- אלהים צדיק |
10 God, you protect me like a shield [protects soldiers] [MET]; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being.
| מגני על-אלהים מושיע ישרי-לב |
11 You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
| אלהים שופט צדיק ואל זעם בכל-יום |
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].
| אם-לא ישוב חרבו ילטוש קשתו דרך ויכוננה |
13 You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
| ולו הכין כלי מות חציו לדלקים יפעל |
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].
| הנה יחבל-און והרה עמל וילד שקר |
15 But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
| בור כרה ויחפרהו ויפל בשחת יפעל |
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.
| ישוב עמלו בראשו ועל קדקדו חמסו ירד |
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.
| אודה יהוה כצדקו ואזמרה שם-יהוה עליון |
