Psa 7 | ABEn | STEP | A psalm to David which he sang to the lord , because of the words of Cush son of Benjamin. O lord my God, upon you I hope. Deliver me from all the ones pursuing me, and rescue me!

Psalms 7

PSALM 7

The LORD Rescues the Innocent

A psalm to David which he sang to the lord, because of the words of Cush son of Benjamin.

1 O lord my God, upon you I hope. Deliver me from all the ones pursuing me, and rescue me! 2 Lest at any time [²should be snatched away ³as by ⁴a lion ¹my soul], while there is none being for ransoming nor delivering. 3 O lord my God, if I did this, if there is injustice in my hands, 4 if I recompensed to the ones recompensing to me with bad things, may I fall away thus from my enemies empty -- 5 may [⁴pursue ¹then ²the ³enemy] my soul, and may he overtake it; and may he trample [²into ³the ground ¹my life]; and [²my glory ⁴in ⁵the dust ¹may ³be encamped]. 6 Rise up, O lord, in your anger! Be raised up high in the limits of your enemies! And awaken, O lord my God! in the order in which you gave charge. 7 And a gathering of peoples shall encircle you; and for this [²unto ³the height ¹return]! 8 The lord judges peoples. Judge me, O lord, according to my righteousness! and according to my innocence judge for me! 9 Finish off entirely indeed the wickedness of sinners! And you shall straighten the just, examining hearts and kidneys, O God, justly. 10 My help is from God, the one delivering the straight in the heart. 11 God [²judge ¹is a just], and strong, and lenient, not [²anger ¹bringing on] each day. 12 If you should not turn, [²his broadsword ¹he will brighten]. His bow he stretched tight, and he prepared it; 13 And by it he prepared weapons of death; [²his arrows ³for the ones ⁴for burning ¹he brought to completion]. 14 Behold, the wicked travails with iniquity; he conceived misery, and gave birth to lawlessness. 15 [²a pit ¹He dug up], even he dug it, and he shall fall into a cesspool which he worked. 16 [²shall return ¹His misery] unto his own head; and [³upon ⁴his head ¹his injustice ²shall come down]. 17 I shall make acknowledgment to the lord according to his righteousness; and I shall strum to the name of the lord the highest.