Psalms 7

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	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.