| 7.1 |
Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, |
| 7.2 |
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver. |
| 7.3 |
Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, |
| 7.4 |
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary), |
| 7.5 |
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. |
| 7.6 |
Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment. |
| 7.7 |
Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high. |
| 7.8 |
Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me. |
| 7.9 |
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God. |
| 7.10 |
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. |
| 7.11 |
God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day. |
| 7.12 |
If a man doesn’t relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow. |
| 7.13 |
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows. |
| 7.14 |
Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood. |
| 7.15 |
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made. |
| 7.16 |
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head. |
| 7.17 |
I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High. |
