The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 7

A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.

 ^7:1Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you.
      Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

 ^7:2Lest they tear apart my soul like a lion,
      Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

 ^7:3Yahweh, my God, if I have done this,
      If there is iniquity in my hands,

 ^7:4If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me
      (Yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
      ^7:5Let 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.

 ^7:6Arise, Yahweh, in your anger.
      Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries.

 Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
      ^7:7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you.
      Rule over them on high.

 ^7:8Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples.
      Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness,
      And to my integrity that is in me.

 ^7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
      But establish the righteous;
      Their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

 ^7:10My shield is with God,
      Who saves the upright in heart.

 ^7:11God is a righteous judge,
      Yes, a God who has indignation every day.

 ^7:12If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword;
      He has bent and strung his bow.

 ^7:13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death.
      He makes ready his flaming arrows.

 ^7:14Behold, he travails with iniquity;
      Yes, he has conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.

 ^7:15He has dug a hole,
      And has fallen into the pit which he made.

 ^7:16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.
      His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

 ^7:17I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness,
      And will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.

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