Psalms 7

In You Do I Take Refuge

A ^aShiggaion ▼

▼Probably a musical or liturgical term

of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.

1 O Lord my God, in you do I ^ctake refuge;
^dsave me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
2lest like ^ea lion they tear my soul apart,
rending it in pieces, with ^fnone to deliver.
3 O Lord my God, ^gif I have done this,
if there is ^hwrong in my hands,
4if I have repaid ⁱmy friend ▼

▼Hebrew the one at peace with me

with evil
or ^kplundered my enemy without cause,
5let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
and let him ^ltrample my life to the ground
and lay my glory in the dust.  Selah
6 ^mArise, O Lord, in your anger;
ⁿlift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
^oawake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
7Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
over it return on high.
8 The Lord ^pjudges the peoples;
^qjudge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.
9Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you who ^rtest ^sthe minds and hearts, ▼

▼Hebrew  the hearts and kidneys

O righteous God!
10My shield is ^uwith God,
who saves ^vthe upright in heart.
11God is ^wa righteous judge,
and a God who feels ^xindignation every day.
12 If a man ▼

▼Hebrew he

does not repent, God ▼

▼Hebrew he

will ^aawhet his sword;
he has ^abbent and ^acreadied his bow;
13he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
making his ^adarrows ^aefiery shafts.
14Behold, the wicked man ^afconceives evil
and is ^agpregnant with mischief
and gives birth to lies.
15He makes ^aha pit, digging it out,
and falls into the hole that he has made.
16His ^aimischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
and I will ^ajsing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

Psalms 135

Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever

1 ^akPraise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord,
give praise, O ^alservants of the Lord,
2who ^amstand in the house of the Lord,
in ^anthe courts of the house of our God!
3Praise the Lord, for ^aothe Lord is good;
sing to his name, ^apfor it is pleasant! ▼

▼Or  for he is beautiful

4For the Lord has ^archosen Jacob for himself,
Israel as his ^asown possession.
5 For I know that ^atthe Lord is great,
and that our Lord is above all gods.
6 ^auWhatever the Lord pleases, he does,
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all deeps.
7 ^avHe it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
who ^awmakes lightnings for the rain
and brings forth the wind from his ^axstorehouses.
8 He it was who ^aystruck down the firstborn of Egypt,
both of man and of beast;
9who in your midst, O Egypt,
sent ^azsigns and wonders
against Pharaoh and all his servants;
10 ^bawho struck down many nations
and killed mighty kings,
11 ^bbSihon, king of the Amorites,
and ^bcOg, king of Bashan,
and ^bdall the kingdoms of Canaan,
12and ^begave their land as a heritage,
a heritage to his people Israel.
13 ^bfYour name, O Lord, endures forever,
^bgyour renown, ▼

▼Or remembrance

O Lord, throughout all ages.
14 ^biFor the Lord will vindicate his people
and ^bjhave compassion on his servants.
15 ^bkThe idols of the nations are silver and gold,
the work of human hands.
16They have mouths, but do not speak;
they have eyes, but do not see;
17they have ears, but do not hear,
nor is there any breath in their mouths.
18Those who make them become like them,
so do all who trust in them.
19 ^blO house of Israel, bless the Lord!
O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
20O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
21Blessed be the Lord ^bmfrom Zion,
he who ^bndwells in Jerusalem!
^boPraise the Lord!