Psalms 7
1 'The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.
“A Shiggayon of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the affairs of Cush the Benjamite.” O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust; save me from every one of my persecutors, and deliver me:
2 Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.
Lest he tear like a lion my soul, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
3 O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be injustice in my hands;
4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,
If I have recompensed him that was at peace with me with evil; If I have taken aught from my assailants without cause:
5 An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. (Selah)
May the enemy hotly pursue my soul, and overtake it; and tread down upon the earth my life, and cause my honor to be in the dust. (Selah)
6 Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:
Arise, O Lord, in thy anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7 And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back,
So shall the congregation of nations compass thee about: and for their sakes return thou to the height.
8 Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me,
The Lord will judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity [grant] me [recompense].
9 Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just, O thou, who triest the hearts and reins, O righteous God.
10 My shield [is] on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!
My protection is by God, who saveth the upright in heath.
11 God [is] a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.
God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant [with the wicked] every day.
12 If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden — He prepareth it,
If he turn not, He will whet his sword, he bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready.
13 Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.
Also for him he prepareth the instruments of death; he fashioneth his arrows against the persecutors.
14 Lo, he travaileth [with] iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.
Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
15 A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.
He hath hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought.
16 Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.
17 I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High!
I will thank the Lord according to his righteousness; and I will sing praises to the name of the Lord the Most High.
