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
Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.
1Jehovah my God#GodHebrew: Elohim in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me; 2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer. 3Jehovah my God#GodHebrew: Elohim if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands; 4If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;) 5Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. 6Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment. 7And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high. 8Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me. 9Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God#GodHebrew: Elohim
10My shield is with God#GodHebrew: Elohim who saveth the upright in heart. 11God is a righteous judge, and a ·God#GodHebrew: El who is indignant all the day. 12If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready, 13And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning. 14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood: 15He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made. 16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate. 17I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.