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 Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
2 nequando rapiat ut leo animam meam, dum non est qui redimat, neque qui salvum faciat.
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
3 Domine Deus meus, si feci istud, si est iniquitas in manibus meis,
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
4 si reddidi retribuentibus mihi mala, decidam merito ab inimicis meis inanis.
if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
5 Persequatur inimicus animam meam, et comprehendat; et conculcet in terra vitam meam, et gloriam meam in pulverem deducat.
then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust.
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 Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
7 et synagoga populorum circumdabit te: et propter hanc in altum regredere:
Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
8 Dominus judicat populos. Judica me, Domine, secundum justitiam meam, et secundum innocentiam meam super me.
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
9 Consumetur nequitia peccatorum, et diriges justum, scrutans corda et renes, Deus.
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
10 Justum adjutorium meum a Domino, qui salvos facit rectos corde.
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 Deus judex justus, fortis, et patiens; numquid irascitur per singulos dies?
God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
12 Nisi conversi fueritis, gladium suum vibrabit; arcum suum tetendit, et paravit illum.
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
13 Et in eo paravit vasa mortis, sagittas suas ardentibus effecit.
He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
14 Ecce parturiit injustitiam; concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem.
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
15 Lacum aperuit, et effodit eum; et incidit in foveam quam fecit.
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
16 Convertetur dolor ejus in caput ejus, et in verticem ipsius iniquitas ejus descendet.
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
17 Confitebor Domino secundum justitiam ejus, et psallam nomini Domini altissimi.
I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
