7:1 A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
7:2 or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
7:3 O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands–
7:4 if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe–
7:5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah
7:6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
7:7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;
7:8 let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
7:9 O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
7:10 My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
7:11 God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.
7:12 If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
7:13 He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
7:14 He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
7:15 He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
7:16 The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
7:17 I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
7:1 O Jehovah my God, in You do I take refuge. / Save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me;
7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, / Tearing it apart without anyone to deliver it.
7:3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this, / If there is unrighteousness in my hands,
7:4 If I have recompensed with evil him who was at peace with me / (Rather, I have delivered him who vexed me without cause);
7:5 Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake me, / And let him trample my life to the ground / And lay my glory down in the dust. Selah
7:6 Arise, O Jehovah, in Your anger; / Lift Yourself up against the overflowing wrath of those who vex me, / And awake for me: You have commanded judgment.
7:7 And let the assembly of the peoples surround You, / And over it return on high.
7:8 Jehovah will execute judgment on the peoples; / Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness / And according to my integrity that is with me.
7:9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, / But establish the righteous man. / For the righteous God / Tries the hearts and the inward parts.
7:10 My shield is with God, / Who saves the upright in heart.
7:11 God is a righteous Judge / And a God who has indignation every day.
7:12 If one does not turn, He will whet His sword. / He bends His bow and makes it ready.
7:13 And He prepares instruments of death against him; / He has made His arrows fiery shafts.
7:14 Behold, the evil man travails with iniquity; / He conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.
7:15 He digs a pit and hollows it out, / Then he falls into the hole that he has made.
7:16 His mischief returns upon his own head, / And upon the crown of his own head his violence comes down.
7:17 I will give thanks to Jehovah according to His righteousness, / And I will sing psalms to the name of Jehovah the Most High.