Psalms 7

Catholic Public Domain Bible	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
¹ A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush, the son of Jemini.	¹ A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush a Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in thee do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,
² O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me:	² lest like a lion they rend me, dragging me away, with none to rescue.
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 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
⁴ O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this:	⁴ if I have requited my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
⁵ if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies:	⁵ let the enemy pursue me and overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust. [Selah]
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 Arise, O LORD, in thy anger, lift thyself up against the fury of my enemies; awake, O my God; thou hast appointed a judgment.
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 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about thee; and over it take thy seat on high.
⁸ and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high.	⁸ The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
⁹ The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.	⁹ O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.
¹⁰ The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.	¹⁰ My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
¹¹ Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.	¹¹ God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.
¹² God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?	¹² If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;
¹³ Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.	¹³ he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
¹⁴ And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.	¹⁴ Behold, the wicked man conceives evil, and is pregnant with mischief, and brings forth lies.
¹⁵ Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.	¹⁵ He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole which he has made.
¹⁶ He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.	¹⁶ His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.
¹⁷ His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.	¹⁷ I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.
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.