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Psalms 7
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1A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Chusi the Benjamite. O Lord my God, in you have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
1A 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,
2Lest at any time [the enemy] seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.
2lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
3O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;)
3Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
4if I have requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.
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 persecute my soul, and take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.
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, O Lord, in your wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of my enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which you did command.
6Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
7And the congregation of the nations shall compass you: and for this cause do you return on high.
7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.
8The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.
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 sinners come to an end; and [then] you shall direct the righteous, O God that search the hearts and reins.
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 help is righteous, [coming] from Godwho saves the upright in heart.
10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day.
11God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
12If you⌃ will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
12If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
13And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.
13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
14Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.
14Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
15He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.
15He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
16His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.
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 the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.
17I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.