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 Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord about Cush, the Benjamite. Lord my God, I take refuge in you. Deliver me, save me from all who pursue me;
2 Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.
or like lions they will tear me to pieces, and rend me, past hope of rescue.
3 O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
Lord, my God, if my life has been such if my hands have been stained with guilt,
4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,
if friends I paid back with evil, if I plundered my foes 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 chase and find me, trample my life to the ground, my honour leave in the dirt! (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, Lord, in anger, against my foes rise in fury. Awake for my help: let justice be done.
7 And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back,
Gather the nations about you, and sit on your lofty throne,
8 Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me,
as the Lord, the judge of the peoples. Judge me, Lord, in my innocence and according to my integrity.
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.
Put an end to the wrong of the wicked, protect the righteous. Searcher of hearts and minds, righteous God.
10 My shield [is] on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!
God is my shield: he saves the upright in heart.
11 God [is] a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.
God is a just judge, constant in righteous anger.
12 If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden — He prepareth it,
He will sharpen his sword without fail, his bow is bent and ready,
13 Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.
his deadly weapons are ready, his arrows he makes of flame.
14 Lo, he travaileth [with] iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.
The enemy who conceives evil; pregnant with mischief, giving birth to lies,
15 A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.
a pit they have made and dug; but into the hole that they made they will fall.
16 Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
On their own heads their mischief comes back; on their own skulls their violence comes down.
17 I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High!
I will give thanks to the Lord for his justice, and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.
