Psalms 7
7
PSALM 7
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord,
concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.
1O Lord my God, in thee do I
my confidence repose:
Save and deliver me from all
my persecuting foes;
2Lest that the enemy my soul
should, like a lion, tear,
In pieces rending it, while there
is no deliverer.
3O Lord my God, if it be so
that I committed this;
If it be so that in my hands
iniquity there is:
4If I rewarded ill to him
that was at peace with me;
(Yea, ev'n the man that without cause
my foe was I did free;)
5Then let the foe pursue and take
my soul, and my life thrust
Down to the earth,
and let him lay mine honour in the dust.
6Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself,
for my foes raging be;
And, to the judgment which thou hast
commanded, wake for me.
7So shall th' assembly of thy folk
about encompass thee:
Thou, therefore, for their sakes, return
unto thy place on high.
8The Lord he shall the people judge:
my judge, JEHOVAH, be,
After my righteousness, and mine
integrity in me.
9O let the wicked's malice end;
but stablish stedfastly
The righteous: for the righteous God
the hearts and reins doth try.
10In God, who saves th' upright in heart,
is my defence and stay.
11God just men judgeth, God is wroth
with ill men ev'ry day.
12If he do not return again,
then he his sword will whet;
His bow he hath already bent,
and hath it ready set:
13He also hath for him prepar'd
the instruments of death;
Against the persecutors he
his shafts ordained hath.
14Behold, he with iniquity
doth travail, as in birth;
A mischief he conceived hath,
and falsehood shall bring forth.
15He made a pit and digg'd it deep,
another there to take;
But he is fall'n into the ditch
which he himself did make.
16Upon his own head his mischief
shall be returned home;
His vi'lent dealing also down
on his own pate shall come.
17According to his righteousness
the Lord I'll magnify;
And will sing praise unto the name
of God that is most high.
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Tehillim (Psalms) 7
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1O יהוה my Elohim, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all my pursuers; And deliver me,
2Lest they tear at my throat like a lion, Rending in pieces, with no one to deliver.
3O יהוה my Elohim, if I have done this: If there is unrighteousness in my hands,
4If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me, Or have plundered my enemy without cause,
5Let the enemy pursue me and overtake my being, And trample my life to the ground, And lay my esteem in the dust. Selah.
6Arise, O יהוה, in Your displeasure; Lift Yourself up against the rage of my adversaries, And awake for me! You shall command judgment!
7And let the congregation of the peoples gather about You; And over them return on high.
8יהוה judges the peoples; Judge me, O יהוה, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.
9Please let the evil of the wrong be ended, And establish the righteous; For the righteous Elohim is a trier of hearts and kidneys.
10My shield is upon Elohim, Who saves the upright in heart.
11Elohim is a righteous judge. And Ěl is enraged every day,
12If one does not repent! He sharpens His sword, He bends His bow and makes it ready,
13And He has prepared for Himself instruments of death, He makes His arrows hot for pursuers.
14See, he who is bound with wickedness, And has conceived trouble and brought forth falsehood,
15He has made a pit and dug it out, And falls into the ditch he made!
16His trouble turns back upon his own head, And his wrongdoing comes down on the top of his head.
17I give thanks to יהוה according to His righteousness, And praise the Name of יהוה Most High.
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