Psalm 7[a]
A shiggaion[b](A) of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
1 Lord my God, I take refuge(B) in you;
save and deliver me(C) from all who pursue me,(D)
2 or they will tear me apart like a lion(E)
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue(F) me.
3 Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands(G)—
4 if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause(H) have robbed my foe—
5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake(I) me;
let him trample my life to the ground(J)
and make me sleep in the dust.[c](K)
6 Arise,(L) Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.(M)
Awake,(N) my God; decree justice.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.(O)
8 Let the Lord judge(P) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,(Q)
according to my integrity,(R) O Most High.(S)
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure—(T)
you, the righteous God(U)
who probes minds and hearts.(V)
10 My shield[d](W) is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.(X)
11 God is a righteous judge,(Y)
a God who displays his wrath(Z) every day.
12 If he does not relent,(AA)
he[e] will sharpen his sword;(AB)
he will bend and string his bow.(AC)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.(AD)
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth(AE) to disillusionment.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit(AF) they have made.(AG)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.
17 I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;(AH)
I will sing the praises(AI) of the name of the Lord Most High.(AJ)
Footnotes
- Psalm 7:1 In Hebrew texts 7:1-17 is numbered 7:2-18.
- Psalm 7:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 7:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign
- Psalm 7:12 Or If anyone does not repent, / God
Cross references
- Psalm 7:1 : Hab 3:1
- Psalm 7:1 : Ps 2:12; 11:1; 31:1
- Psalm 7:1 : S Ps 3:7
- Psalm 7:1 : Ps 31:15; 119:86, 157, 161
- Psalm 7:2 : S Ge 49:9; Rev 4:7
- Psalm 7:2 : Ps 3:2; 71:11
- Psalm 7:3 : Isa 59:3
- Psalm 7:4 : Ps 35:7, 19; Pr 24:28
- Psalm 7:5 : S Ex 15:9
- Psalm 7:5 : S 2Sa 22:43; 2Ki 9:33; Isa 10:6; La 3:16
- Psalm 7:5 : S Job 7:21
- Psalm 7:6 : S 2Ch 6:41
- Psalm 7:6 : Ps 138:7
- Psalm 7:6 : Ps 35:23; 44:23
- Psalm 7:7 : Ps 68:18
- Psalm 7:8 : S 1Ch 16:33
- Psalm 7:8 : S 1Sa 26:23; Ps 18:20
- Psalm 7:8 : S Ge 20:5
- Psalm 7:8 : S Ge 3:5; S Nu 24:16; S Mk 5:7
- Psalm 7:9 : Ps 37:23; 40:2
- Psalm 7:9 : Jer 11:20
- Psalm 7:9 : S 1Ch 28:9; Ps 26:2; Rev 2:23
- Psalm 7:10 : Ps 3:3
- Psalm 7:10 : S Job 33:3
- Psalm 7:11 : S Ge 18:25; Ps 9:8; 67:4; 75:2; 96:13; 98:9; Isa 11:4; Jer 11:20
- Psalm 7:11 : S Dt 9:8
- Psalm 7:12 : Eze 3:19; 33:9
- Psalm 7:12 : S Dt 32:41
- Psalm 7:12 : S 2Sa 22:35; Ps 21:12; Isa 5:28; 13:18
- Psalm 7:13 : Ps 11:2; 18:14; 64:3
- Psalm 7:14 : Isa 59:4; Jas 1:15
- Psalm 7:15 : Ps 35:7, 8; 40:2; 94:13; Pr 26:27
- Psalm 7:15 : S Job 4:8
- Psalm 7:17 : Ps 5:8
- Psalm 7:17 : S 2Ch 31:2; Ro 15:11; Heb 2:12
- Psalm 7:17 : S Ge 14:18