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;
O YHWH my Elohim, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, 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 like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 Lord, my God, if my life has been such if my hands have been stained with guilt,
O YHWH my Elohim, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
4 if friends I paid back with evil, if I plundered my foes without cause,
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy: )
5 may the enemy chase and find me, trample my life to the ground, my honour leave in the dirt! (Selah)
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. (Selah)
6 Arise, Lord, in anger, against my foes rise in fury. Awake for my help: let justice be done.
Arise, O YHWH, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7 Gather the nations about you, and sit on your lofty throne,
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8 as the Lord, the judge of the peoples. Judge me, Lord, in my innocence and according to my integrity.
YHWH shall judge the people: judge me, O YHWH, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9 Put an end to the wrong of the wicked, protect the righteous. Searcher of hearts and minds, righteous God.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous Elohim trieth the hearts and reins.
10 God is my shield: he saves the upright in heart.
My defence is of Elohim, which saveth the upright in heart.
11 God is a just judge, constant in righteous anger.
Elohim judgeth the righteous, and El is angry with the wicked every day.
12 He will sharpen his sword without fail, his bow is bent and ready,
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13 his deadly weapons are ready, his arrows he makes of flame.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14 The enemy who conceives evil; pregnant with mischief, giving birth to lies,
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 a pit they have made and dug; but into the hole that they made they will fall.
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 On their own heads their mischief comes back; on their own skulls their violence comes down.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17 I will give thanks to the Lord for his justice, and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.
I will praise YHWH according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of YHWH most high.
