Psalms 7:1
Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite. Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;
Psalms 7:2
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.
Psalms 7:3
Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;
Psalms 7:4
If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)
Psalms 7:5
Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take it , and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
Psalms 7:6
Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.
Psalms 7:7
And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high.
Psalms 7:8
Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.
Psalms 7:9
Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man ; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.
Psalms 7:10
My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.
Psalms 7:11
God is a righteous judge, and a *God who is indignant all the day.
Psalms 7:12
If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,
Psalms 7:13
And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.
Psalms 7:14
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:
Psalms 7:15
He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.
Psalms 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Psalms 7:17
I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.