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Psalms 7
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Chusi the Benjamite.
A Shiggaion (note: Shiggaion is probably a musical or liturgical term.) of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
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Lest at any time [the enemy] seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.
7:2
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;)
7:3
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
if I have requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.
7:4
if I have rewarded my ally (note: Hebrew the one at peace with me) with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.
7:5
then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.
7:6
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this cause do thou return on high.
7:7
Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.
7:8
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and [then] thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.
7:9
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds (note: Hebrew hearts and kidneys).
My help is righteous, [coming] from God who saves the upright in heart.
7:10
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day.
7:11
God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
7:12
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.
7:13
He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.
7:14
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.
7:15
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.
7:16
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.
7:17
I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.