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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Psalms 7
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Psalm 7
A shiggayon#7.0 Perhaps lament of David, which he sang to the LORD about Cush, a Benjaminite.
1I take refuge in you, LORD, my God.
Save me from all who chase me!
Rescue me!
2Otherwise, they will rip me apart,
dragging me off with no chance of rescue.
3 LORD, my God, if I have done this—
if my hands have done anything wrong,
4if I have repaid a friend with evil
or oppressed a foe for no reason—
5then let my enemy
not only chase but catch me,
trampling my life into the ground,
laying my reputation in the dirt. Selah
6Get up, LORD; get angry!
Stand up against the fury of my foes!
Wake up, my God;#7.6 Or for my sake
you command that justice be done!
7Let the assembled peoples surround you.
Rule them from on high!#7.7 Correction; MT Come back to be exalted over them.
8The LORD will judge the peoples.
Establish justice for me, LORD,
according to my righteousness
and according to my integrity.
9Please let the evil of the wicked be over,
but set the righteous firmly in place
because you, the righteous God,
are the one who examines hearts and minds.
10God is my shield;
he saves those whose heart is right.
11God is a righteous judge,
a God who is angry at evil#7.11 Heb lacks at evil. every single day.
12If someone doesn’t change their ways,
God will sharpen his sword,
will bend his bow,
will string an arrow.
13God has deadly weapons in store
for those who won’t change;
he gets his flaming arrows ready!
14But look how the wicked hatch evil,
conceive trouble, give birth to lies!
15They make a pit, dig it all out,
and then fall right into the hole that they’ve made!
16The trouble they cause
will come back on their own heads;
the violence they commit
will come down on their own skulls.
17But I will thank the LORD
for his righteousness;
I will sing praises
to the name of the LORD Most High.
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