A modern English translation drawn directly from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. Translated word-for-word where possible, by a committee with scholarly oversight.
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Psalm 7
Chapter summary coming soon.
Verse 1. A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
Verse 2. or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
Verse 3. O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
Verse 4. if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
Verse 5. then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
Verse 6. Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Verse 7. Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
Verse 8. The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
Verse 9. Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
Verse 10. My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Verse 11. God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
Verse 12. If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
Verse 13. He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
Verse 14. Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Verse 15. He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Verse 16. His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
Verse 17. I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.