Psalms 7
1 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.
[A meditation by David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.] LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
LORD, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw my adversary without cause,
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, or oppressed my enemy without cause,
5 [Then] an enemy pursues my soul, and overtakes, And treads down my life to the earth, And places my glory in the dust. (Selah)
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. (Selah)
6 Rise, O YHWH, in Your anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of my adversaries, And awake Yourself for me: You have commanded judgment.
Arise, LORD, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake, my God; you have appointed judgment.
7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
And let the congregation of the peoples surround you, and rule over them on high.
8 YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
The LORD administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
9 Please let the evil of the wicked be ended, And establish the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. The righteous God tests hearts and minds.
10 My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
12 If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
13 Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
He has also prepared for himself deadly weapons. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
Look, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
16 His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head, and his violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
17 I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
