Psalms 7
7
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
A Shiggaion#Meaning uncertain; perhaps a lamentation of David which he sang to Yahweh
on account of Cush, a Benjaminite.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1O Yahweh, my God, in you I have taken refuge.
Save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me.
2Or else he will tear me apart like a lion,
ripping to pieces, with none to deliver.
3O Yahweh, my God, if I have done this,
if there is wrong in my hands,
4if I have repaid my ally#Literally “one being at peace with me” with harm,
or if I have plundered my enemy without cause,
5let the enemy of my soul pursue,
and overtake and trample my life into the ground,
and lay my honor in the dust. Selah
6Rise up, O Yahweh, in your anger,
and lift yourself up against the wrath#Or “outbursts” of my oppressors,
and awake for me,
since you have commanded judgment.
7And let the assembly of peoples surround you,
and over it return on high.
8Yahweh judges the nations.
O Yahweh, vindicate me
according to my innocence#Or “righteousness” and according to my integrity within me.
9Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous,
and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.
10My shield is with God
who saves the upright of heart.
11God is a righteous judge,
and a God who has indignation every day.
12If he#That is, a person does not repent, he#That is, God will sharpen his sword.
He has bent his bow and he has strung#Literally “prepared” it.
13And he has prepared for him weapons of death.
He has made his arrows fiery shafts.
14See, he#That is, the wicked travails with#Or “conceives” evil.
He is pregnant with trouble,
and he gives birth to deception.
15He makes a pit and digs it out,
then falls in the trap he has made.
16His trouble comes back on his head,
and his violence comes down on his skull.
17I will thank Yahweh according to his righteousness,
and I will sing praise to the name of Yahweh, the Most High.
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Psalm 7
7
A Prayer for Vindication
Shiggai´on of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.
1O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust:
save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
2lest he tear my soul like a lion,
rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3O Lord my God, if I have done this;
if there be iniquity in my hands;
4if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;
(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy;)
5let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it;
yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth,
and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah.
6Arise, O Lord, in thine anger,
lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies:
and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about:
for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8The Lord shall judge the people:
judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness,
and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9 #
Rev 2.23. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end;
but establish the just:
for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10My defense is of God,
which saveth the upright in heart.
11God judgeth the righteous,
and God is angry with the wicked every day.
12If he turn not, he will whet his sword;
he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;
he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity,
and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15He made a pit, and digged it,
and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16His mischief shall return upon his own head,
and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness:
and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.