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Psalm 7  Legacy Standard Bible

In You I Have Taken Refuge

A [a]Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Yahweh concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

7 O Yahweh my God, (A)in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and (B)deliver me,
2 Lest he tear [b]my soul (C)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 (D)injustice in my hands,
4 If I have (E)rewarded evil to him who [c]is at peace with me,
Or have (F)plundered my adversary without cause,
5 Let the enemy pursue [d]my soul and overtake [e]it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. [f]Selah.

6 (G)Arise, O Yahweh, in Your anger;
(H)Lift up Yourself against (I)the fury of my adversaries,
And (J)arouse Yourself [g]for me; You have appointed judgment.
7 Let the congregation of the (K)peoples encompass You,
And over [h]them return on high.
8 Yahweh (L)judges the peoples;
[i](M)Give justice to me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
9 O let (N)the evil of the wicked come to an end, but (O)establish the righteous;
For the righteous God (P)tests the hearts and [j]minds.
10 My (Q)shield is [k]with God,
Who (R)saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a (S)righteous judge,
And a God who has (T)indignation every day.

12 If [l]a man (U)does not repent, He will (V)sharpen His sword;
He has (W)bent His bow and prepared it.
13 He has also prepared [m]for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His (X)arrows fiery shafts.
14 Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he (Y)conceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.
15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has (Z)fallen into the hole which he made.
16 His (AA)mischief will return upon his own head,
And his (AB)violence will descend upon [n]his own skull.

17 I will give thanks to Yahweh (AC)according to His righteousness
And will (AD)sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7 Title Possibly a wild, passionate, and animated song
  2. Psalm 7:2 Or me
  3. Psalm 7:4 Lit was
  4. Psalm 7:5 Or me
  5. Psalm 7:5 Or me
  6. Psalm 7:5 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  7. Psalm 7:6 One ancient version O my God
  8. Psalm 7:7 Lit it
  9. Psalm 7:8 Lit Judge
  10. Psalm 7:9 Lit kidneys, figurative for inner man
  11. Psalm 7:10 Lit upon
  12. Psalm 7:12 Lit he
  13. Psalm 7:13 Or His deadly weapons
  14. Psalm 7:16 The crown of his own head

Cross references

  1. Psalm 7:1 : Ps 31:1; 71:1
  2. Psalm 7:1 : Ps 31:15
  3. Psalm 7:2 : Ps 57:4; Is 38:13
  4. Psalm 7:3 : 1 Sam 24:11
  5. Psalm 7:4 : Ps 109:4, 5
  6. Psalm 7:4 : 1 Sam 24:7; 26:9
  7. Psalm 7:6 : Ps 3:7
  8. Psalm 7:6 : Ps 94:2
  9. Psalm 7:6 : Ps 138:7
  10. Psalm 7:6 : Ps 35:23; 44:23
  11. Psalm 7:7 : Ps 22:27
  12. Psalm 7:8 : Ps 96:13; 98:9
  13. Psalm 7:8 : Ps 18:20; 26:1; 35:24; 43:1
  14. Psalm 7:9 : Ps 34:21; 94:23
  15. Psalm 7:9 : Ps 37:23; 40:2
  16. Psalm 7:9 : Ps 11:4, 5; Jer 11:20; Rev 2:23
  17. Psalm 7:10 : Ps 18:2, 30
  18. Psalm 7:10 : Ps 97:10, 11; 125:4
  19. Psalm 7:11 : Ps 50:6
  20. Psalm 7:11 : Ps 90:9
  21. Psalm 7:12 : Ps 58:5
  22. Psalm 7:12 : Deut 32:41
  23. Psalm 7:12 : Ps 64:7
  24. Psalm 7:13 : Ps 18:14; 45:5
  25. Psalm 7:14 : Job 15:35; Is 59:4; James 1:15
  26. Psalm 7:15 : Job 4:8; Ps 57:6
  27. Psalm 7:16 : Esth 9:25; Ps 140:9
  28. Psalm 7:16 : Ps 140:11
  29. Psalm 7:17 : Ps 71:15, 16
  30. Psalm 7:17 : Ps 9:2; 66:1, 2, 4
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