Psalm 7

Complete Jewish Bible

7 ⁽⁰⁾A shiggayon of David, which he sang to Adonai because of Kush the Ben-Y’mini:

²⁽¹⁾Adonai my God, in you I take refuge.
Save me from all my pursuers, and rescue me;
³⁽²⁾otherwise, they will maul me like a lion
and tear me apart, with no rescuer present.

⁴⁽³⁾Adonai my God, if I have caused this,
if there is guilt on my hands,
⁵⁽⁴⁾if I paid back evil to him who was at peace with me,
when I even spared those who opposed me without cause;
⁶⁽⁵⁾then let the enemy pursue me
until he overtakes me
and tramples my life down into the earth;
yes, let him lay my honor in the dust. (Selah)

⁷⁽⁶⁾Rise up, Adonai, in your anger!
Arouse yourself against the fury of my foes.
Wake up for me; you commanded justice.
⁸⁽⁷⁾May the assembly of the peoples surround you;
may you return to rule over them from on high.
⁹⁽⁸⁾Adonai, who dispenses judgment to the peoples,
judge me, Adonai, according to my righteousness
and as my integrity deserves.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and establish the righteous;
since you, righteous God,
test hearts and minds.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾My shield is God,
who saves the upright in heart.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾God is a righteous judge,
a God whose anger is present every day.
¹³⁽¹²⁾If a person will not repent,
he sharpens his sword.
He has bent his bow, made it ready;
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾he has also prepared for him
weapons of death, his arrows,
which he has made into burning shafts.

¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾Look how the wicked is pregnant with evil;
he conceives trouble, gives birth to lies.
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾He makes a pit, digs it deep,
and falls into the hole he made.
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾His mischief will return onto his own head,
his violence will recoil onto his own skull.

¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾I thank Adonai for his righteousness
and sing praise to the name of Adonai ‘Elyon.