Psalms 7
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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
Prayer for Justice
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.
1 Lord my God, I seek refuge in you;#Ps 11:1; 31:1; 71:1
save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,#Ps 31:15
2or they#7:2 Lit he will tear me like a lion,
ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.#Ps 57:4; Is 5:29
3 Lord my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,#1Sm 24:11
4if I have done harm to one at peace with me#Ps 55:20
or have plundered#7:4 Or me and have spared my adversary without cause,#1Sm 24:11; 26:18
5may an enemy pursue and overtake me;
may he trample me to the ground#Am 2:7
and leave my honor in the dust.#Jb 31:5–40Selah
6Rise up, Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;#Ps 3:7; 17:13
awake for me;#7:6 LXX reads awake, Lord my God#Ps 59:4
you have ordained a judgment.#Jr 15:3
7Let the assembly of peoples gather around you;#Ps 22:27
take your seat on high over it.#Ps 68:18
8The Lord judges the peoples;#Ps 96:13; 98:9
vindicate me, Lord,
according to my righteousness and my integrity.#Ps 26:1; 35:24; 43:1
9Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,#Ps 94:23
but establish the righteous.#Is 9:7
The one who examines the thoughts and emotions#7:9 Lit examines hearts and kidneys
is a righteous God.#Heb 4:12
10My shield is with God,#2Sm 22:3; Ps 18:2; 144:2
who saves the upright in heart.#Ps 36:10
11God is a righteous judge
and a God who shows his wrath every day.#Ps 9:4; Is 11:4
12If anyone does not repent,
he will sharpen his sword;#Nm 22:23; Dt 32:41
he has strung his bow and made it ready.#Ps 37:14
13He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he tips his arrows with fire.#Ps 18:14; 45:5; 64:7; 144:6
14See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,
conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.#Jb 15:35; Is 59:4; Jms 1:15
15He dug a pit and hollowed it out
but fell into the hole he had made.#Ps 9:15; 57:6; Pr 26:27; 28:10
16His trouble comes back on his own head;
his own violence comes down on top of his head.#1Sm 25:39; 1Kg 2:33; Est 9:25
17I will thank the Lord for his righteousness;
I will sing about the name of the Lord Most High.#Ps 9:2; 71:15–16
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