Psalmorum 7
1 Psalmus David, quem cantavit Domino pro verbis Chusi, filii Jemini. [Domine Deus meus, in te speravi; salvum me fac ex omnibus persequentibus me, et libera 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 nequando rapiat ut leo animam meam, dum non est qui redimat, neque qui salvum faciat.
Lest he tear like a lion my soul, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
3 Domine Deus meus, si feci istud, si est iniquitas in manibus meis,
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be injustice in my hands;
4 si reddidi retribuentibus mihi mala, decidam merito ab inimicis meis inanis.
If I have recompensed him that was at peace with me with evil; If I have taken aught from my assailants without cause:
5 Persequatur inimicus animam meam, et comprehendat; et conculcet in terra vitam meam, et gloriam meam in pulverem deducat.
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 Exsurge, Domine, in ira tua, et exaltare in finibus inimicorum meorum: et exsurge, Domine Deus meus, in præcepto quod mandasti,
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 et synagoga populorum circumdabit te: et propter hanc in altum regredere:
So shall the congregation of nations compass thee about: and for their sakes return thou to the height.
8 Dominus judicat populos. Judica me, Domine, secundum justitiam meam, et secundum innocentiam meam super me.
The Lord will judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity [grant] me [recompense].
9 Consumetur nequitia peccatorum, et diriges justum, scrutans corda et renes, Deus.
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 Justum adjutorium meum a Domino, qui salvos facit rectos corde.
My protection is by God, who saveth the upright in heath.
11 Deus judex justus, fortis, et patiens; numquid irascitur per singulos dies?
God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant [with the wicked] every day.
12 Nisi conversi fueritis, gladium suum vibrabit; arcum suum tetendit, et paravit illum.
If he turn not, He will whet his sword, he bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready.
13 Et in eo paravit vasa mortis, sagittas suas ardentibus effecit.
Also for him he prepareth the instruments of death; he fashioneth his arrows against the persecutors.
14 Ecce parturiit injustitiam; concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem.
Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
15 Lacum aperuit, et effodit eum; et incidit in foveam quam fecit.
He hath hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought.
16 Convertetur dolor ejus in caput ejus, et in verticem ipsius iniquitas ejus descendet.
His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.
17 Confitebor Domino secundum justitiam ejus, et psallam nomini Domini altissimi.]
I will thank the Lord according to his righteousness; and I will sing praises to the name of the Lord the Most High.
