Psalms 7

Catholic Public Domain Bible	New American Bible
¹ A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush, the son of Jemini.	¹ A plaintive song of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, the Benjaminite.
² O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me:	² LORD my God, in you I take refuge; rescue me; save me from all who pursue me,
³ lest at any time, like a lion, he might seize my soul, while there is no one to redeem me, nor any who can save.	³ Lest they maul me like lions, tear me to pieces with none to save.
⁴ O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this:	⁴ LORD my God, if I am at fault in this, if there is guilt on my hands,
⁵ if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies:	⁵ If I have repaid my friend with evil-- I spared even those who hated me without cause--
⁶ let the enemy pursue my soul, and take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust.	⁶ Then let my enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and leave me dishonored in the dust.Selah
⁷ Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded,	⁷ Rise up, LORD, in your anger; rise against the fury of my foes. Wake to judge as you have decreed.
⁸ and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high.	⁸ Have the assembly of the peoples gather about you; sit on your throne high above them,
⁹ The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.	⁹ O LORD, judge of the nations. Grant me justice, LORD, for I am blameless, free of any guilt.
¹⁰ The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.	¹⁰ Bring the malice of the wicked to an end; uphold the innocent, O God of justice, who tries hearts and minds.
¹¹ Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.	¹¹ A shield before me is God who saves the honest heart.
¹² God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?	¹² God is a just judge, who rebukes in anger every day.
¹³ Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.	¹³ If sinners do not repent, God sharpens his sword, strings and readies the bow,
¹⁴ And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.	¹⁴ Prepares his deadly shafts, makes arrows blazing thunderbolts.
¹⁵ Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.	¹⁵ Sinners conceive iniquity; pregnant with mischief, they give birth to failure.
¹⁶ He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.	¹⁶ They open a hole and dig it deep, but fall into the pit they have dug.
¹⁷ His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.	¹⁷ Their mischief comes back upon themselves; their violence falls on their own heads.
¹⁸ I will confess to the Lord according to his justice, and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord Most High.	¹⁸ I praise the justice of the LORD; I celebrate the name of the LORD Most High.