Psalms 7
1 Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me [in order to harm me].
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,
2 If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces like a lion does [when it attacks the animals it wants to kill], and no one will save me [from them].
Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;
4 if I have done evil to some friend who did good things to me, or if, for no good reason, I have spared (OR, acted violently toward) those who were my enemies,
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary);
5 allow my enemies to pursue me and capture me. Allow them to trample me into the ground and leave me [SYN] [lying dead] in the dirt.
Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. (Selah)
6 But Yahweh, because you are [very] angry [with those who pursue me], arise and attack/defeat my enemies who are furiously/angrily [attacking me] Do to them what is just!
Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
7 Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.
8 Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
9 God, you know what every person is thinking, and because you are righteous, you [always] do what is just/right. [So now] stop evil people from doing wicked [deeds], and defend [all of us who are] righteous!
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
10 God, you protect me like a shield [protects soldiers] [MET]; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being.
My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.
11 You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.
12 Whenever your enemies do not (repent/change their behavior), [it is as though] [MET] you sharpen your sword and put a string on your bow [to get ready to kill them].
If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;
13 You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].
14 Wicked people tell lies, and they think that they surely will be able to do [MET] the evil things that they are planning to do [just as surely as] a pregnant woman [knows that she is going to give birth to a child] [MET].
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
17 I praise Yahweh because he [always acts] righteously/justly; I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god.
I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
