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Psalms 7

World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible

7:1
LORD, my God, I take refuge in you.
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,
7:2
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion,
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
7:3
LORD, my God, if I have done this,
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
7:4
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me
if I have rewarded my ally (note: Hebrew the one at peace with me) with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
7:5
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;
then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
7:6
Arise, LORD, in your anger.
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
7:7
Let the congregation of the peoples surround you.
Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
7:8
The LORD administers judgement to the peoples.
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
7:9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
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).
7:10
My shield is with God,
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
7:11
God is a righteous judge,
God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
7:12
If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword;
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
7:13
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death.
He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
7:14
Behold, he travails with iniquity.
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
7:15
He has dug a hole,
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
7:16
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
7:17
I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness,
I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.