Psalms 7
1 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;
A SHIGGAION OF DAVID, THAT HE SUNG TO YHWH CONCERNING THE WORDS OF CUSH, A BENJAMITE. O YHWH, my God, in You I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.
2 or like lions they will tear me to pieces, and rend me, past hope of rescue.
Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
3 Lord, my God, if my life has been such if my hands have been stained with guilt,
O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
4 if friends I paid back with evil, if I plundered my foes without cause,
If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw my adversary without cause,
5 may the enemy chase and find me, trample my life to the ground, my honour leave in the dirt! (Selah)
[Then] an enemy pursues my soul, and overtakes, And treads down my life to the earth, And places my glory in the dust. (Selah)
6 Arise, Lord, in anger, against my foes rise in fury. Awake for my help: let justice be done.
Rise, O YHWH, in Your anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of my adversaries, And awake Yourself for me: You have commanded judgment.
7 Gather the nations about you, and sit on your lofty throne,
And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
8 as the Lord, the judge of the peoples. Judge me, Lord, in my innocence and according to my integrity.
YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
9 Put an end to the wrong of the wicked, protect the righteous. Searcher of hearts and minds, righteous God.
Please let the evil of the wicked be ended, And establish the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
10 God is my shield: he saves the upright in heart.
My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
11 God is a just judge, constant in righteous anger.
God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
12 He will sharpen his sword without fail, his bow is bent and ready,
If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
13 his deadly weapons are ready, his arrows he makes of flame.
Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
14 The enemy who conceives evil; pregnant with mischief, giving birth to lies,
Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
15 a pit they have made and dug; but into the hole that they made they will fall.
He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
16 On their own heads their mischief comes back; on their own skulls their violence comes down.
His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
17 I will give thanks to the Lord for his justice, and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.
I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
