|
|
Psalms 7 Parallel Bible Translations
|
LAMSA Lamsa Bible |
ESV English Standard Version |
NIV New International Version |
Add |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust; save me; from all them that persecute me, deliver me, | O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, | A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, | |
| 2 | Lest my soul be torn as by a lion, and there is no one to save me and to deliver me. | lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver. | or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. | |
| 3 | O LORD my God, if I have done this thing and if there be iniquity in my hands, | O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, | LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands— | |
| 4 | If I have been vengeful to him that has done me evil, and if I have oppressed my enemies without a cause; | if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, | if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe— | |
| 5 | Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me, yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth and lay my honor in the dust. | let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah | then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. | |
| 6 | Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself over the neck of mine enemies; and make me alert in the judgment that thou hast commanded. | Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment. | Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. | |
| 7 | Let the congregation of the peoples circle thee about; and for their sakes therefore return thou on high. | Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high. | Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high. | |
| 8 | The LORD shall judge the people; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. | The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. | Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High. | |
| 9 | Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; and establish thou the righteous, O thou searcher of hearts and souls. | Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God! | Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure— you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts. | |
| 10 | O God who saveth the upright in heart, O righteous God, help me. | My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. | My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. | |
| 11 | God is a righteous judge; yea he is not angry every day. | God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day. | God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day. | |
| 12 | If he turn not from his anger, he will whet his sword and bend his bow and make it ready. | If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow; | If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow. | |
| 13 | He has also prepared for himself the instruments of wrath; he pointed his arrows against the persecutor. | he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. | He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. | |
| 14 | Because the wicked has become corrupt and has conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood, | Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. | Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. | |
| 15 | He has made a well, and deepened it, and is fallen into the pit which he made. | He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. | Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made. | |
| 16 | His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his iniquity upon his own pate. | His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends. | The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads. | |
| 17 | I will praise the LORD according to my righteousness; and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. | 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. | I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High. | |
| Read Lamsa Bible Public domain. |
Read English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles. |
Read New International Version Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. |