Psalm 7

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

7:1 Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you.

Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

7:2 lest they tear apart my soul like a lion,

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

7:3 Yahweh, my God, if I have done this,

if there is iniquity in my hands,

7:4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me

(yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

7:5 let 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.

7:6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger.

Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries.

Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

7:7 Let the congregation of the peoples surround you.

Rule over them on high.

7:8 Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples.

Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness,

and to my integrity that is in me.

7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,

but establish the righteous;

their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

7:10 My shield is with God,

who saves the upright in heart.

7:11 God is a righteous judge,

yes, a God who has indignation every day.

7:12 If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword;

he has bent and strung his bow.

7:13 He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death.

He makes ready his flaming arrows.

7:14 Behold, he travails with iniquity.

Yes, he has conceived mischief,

and brought forth falsehood.

7:15 He has dug a hole,

and has fallen into the pit which he made.

7:16 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.

His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

7:17 I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness,

and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.