1 Psalm 7 In You I Have Taken Refuge A 7:0Possibly a wild, passionate, and animated song Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Yahweh concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.O Yahweh my God, in You I have taken refuge;Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2 Lest he tear 7:2Or me my soul like a lion,Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 ¶O Yahweh my God, if I have done this,If there is injustice in my hands,
4 If I have rewarded evil to him who 7:4Lit was is at peace with me,Or have plundered my adversary without cause,
5 Let the enemy pursue 7:5 Or me my soul and overtake 7:5 Or me it;And let him trample my life down to the groundAnd cause my glory to dwell in the dust. 7:5 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude Selah.
6 ¶Arise, O Yahweh, in Your anger;Lift up Yourself against the fury of my adversaries,And arouse Yourself 7:6One ancient version O my God for me; You have appointed judgment.
7 Let the congregation of the peoples encompass You,And over 7:7 Lit it them return on high.
8 Yahweh judges the peoples; 7:8 Lit Judge Give justice to me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;For the righteous God tests the hearts and 7:9Lit kidneys, figurative for inner man minds.
10 My shield is 7:10Lit upon with God,Who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge,And a God who has indignation every day.
12 ¶If 7:12Lit he a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;He has bent His bow and prepared it.
13 He has also prepared 7:13Or His deadly weapons for Himself deadly weapons;He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
14 Behold, he travails with wickedness,And he conceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.
15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,And has fallen into the hole which he made.
16 His mischief will return upon his own head,And his violence will descend upon 7:16The crown of his own head his own skull.
17 ¶I will give thanks to Yahweh according to His righteousnessAnd will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.