The Psalms

Psalm 7

Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehova, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite.

 ^7:1O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge:

 Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,

 ^7:2Lest they tear my soul like a lion,

 Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

 ^7:3O Jehovah my God, if I have done this;

 If there be iniquity in my hands;

 ^7:4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;

 (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)

 ^7:5Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;

 Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth,

 And lay my glory in the dust.

Selah

 ^7:6Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger;

 Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries,

 And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

 ^7:7And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about;

 And over them return thou on high.

 ^7:8Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples:

 Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.

 ^7:9O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous:

 For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

 ^7:10My shield is with God,

 Who saveth the upright in heart.

 ^7:11God is a righteous judge,

 Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

 ^7:12If a man turn not, he will whet his sword;

 He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

 ^7:13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;

 He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.

 ^7:14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity;

 Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

 ^7:15He hath made a pit, and digged it,

 And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

 ^7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head,

 And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

 ^7:17I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness,

 And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.