Psalms Chapter 7 Darby English Bible

Psalms 7:1

{Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;

Psalms 7:2

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.

Psalms 7:3

Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;

Psalms 7:4

If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)

Psalms 7:5

Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take [it], and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

Psalms 7:6

Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.

Psalms 7:7

And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high.

Psalms 7:8

Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.

Psalms 7:9

Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.

Psalms 7:10

My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.

Psalms 7:11

God is a righteous judge, and a ùGod who is indignant all the day.

Psalms 7:12

If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,

Psalms 7:13

And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.

Psalms 7:14

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

Psalms 7:15

He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.

Psalms 7:16

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Psalms 7:17

I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.