Psalms 7
7
A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.
1Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you.
Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2lest they tear apart my soul like a lion,
ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
3Yahweh, my God, if I have done this,
if there is iniquity in my hands,
4if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me
(yes, I have plundered him who without cause was my adversary),
5let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;
yes, let him tread my life down to the earth,
and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
6Arise, Yahweh, in your anger.
Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries.
Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you.
Rule over them on high.
8Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples.
Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness,
and to my integrity that is in me.
9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous;
their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
10My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
11God is a righteous judge,
yes, a God who has indignation every day.
12If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword;
he has bent and strung his bow.
13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death.
He makes ready his flaming arrows.
14Behold,#7:14 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. he travails with iniquity.
Yes, he has conceived mischief,
and brought out falsehood.
15He has dug a hole,
and has fallen into the pit which he made.
16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.
His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
17I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness,
and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
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Psalms 7
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A Prayer for Justice#Ps 7 Hebrew title: A song which David sang to the LORD because of Cush the Benjaminite.
1O LORD, my God, I come to you for protection;
rescue me and save me from all who pursue me,
2or else like a lion they will carry me off
where no one can save me,
and there they will tear me to pieces.
3-4O LORD, my God, if I have wronged anyone,
if I have betrayed a friend
or without cause done violence to my enemy#7.3–4 without… enemy; or shown mercy to someone who wronged me unjustly. —
if I have done any of these things —
5then let my enemies pursue me and catch me,
let them cut me down and kill me
and leave me lifeless on the ground!
6Rise in your anger, O LORD!
Stand up against the fury of my enemies;
rouse yourself and help me!
Justice is what you demand,
7so bring together all the peoples round you,
and rule over them from above.#7.7 Probable text rule over them from above; Hebrew return above over them.
8You are the judge of the whole human race.
Judge in my favour, O LORD;
you know that I am innocent.
9 #
Rev 2.23
You are a righteous God
and judge our thoughts and desires.
Stop the wickedness of evildoers
and reward those who are good.
10God is my protector;
he saves those who obey him.
11God is a righteous judge
and always condemns the wicked.
12If they do not change their ways,
God will sharpen his sword.
He bends his bow and makes it ready;
13he takes up his deadly weapons
and aims his burning arrows.
14See how wicked people think up evil;
they plan trouble and practise deception.
15But in the traps they set for others,
they themselves get caught.
16So they are punished by their own evil
and are hurt by their own violence.
17I thank the LORD for his justice,
I sing praises to the LORD, the Most High.
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Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.