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Psalms 7
[1]
Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
[2] lest they tear apart my soul like a lion,
ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
[3] Yahweh, my God, if I have done this,
if there is iniquity in my hands,
[4] if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me
(yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
[5] let 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. [6] Arise, Yahweh, in your anger.
Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries.
Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
[7] Let the congregation of the peoples surround you.
Rule over them on high.
[8] Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples.
Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness,
and to my integrity that is in me.
[9] Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous;
their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
[10] My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
[11] God is a righteous judge,
yes, a God who has indignation every day.
[12] If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword;
he has bent and strung his bow.
[13] He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death.
He makes ready his flaming arrows.
[14] Behold, he travails with iniquity.
Yes, he has conceived mischief,
and brought out falsehood.
[15] He has dug a hole,
and has fallen into the pit which he made.
[16] The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.
His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
[17] I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness,
and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.
Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you.Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
[2] lest they tear apart my soul like a lion,
ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
[3] Yahweh, my God, if I have done this,
if there is iniquity in my hands,
[4] if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me
(yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
[5] let 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. [6] Arise, Yahweh, in your anger.
Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries.
Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
[7] Let the congregation of the peoples surround you.
Rule over them on high.
[8] Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples.
Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness,
and to my integrity that is in me.
[9] Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous;
their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
[10] My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
[11] God is a righteous judge,
yes, a God who has indignation every day.
[12] If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword;
he has bent and strung his bow.
[13] He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death.
He makes ready his flaming arrows.
[14] Behold, he travails with iniquity.
Yes, he has conceived mischief,
and brought out falsehood.
[15] He has dug a hole,
and has fallen into the pit which he made.
[16] The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.
His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
[17] I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness,
and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.