Psalms 7

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	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.