Psalms 7:1-9 ▼

1 A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to YHWH, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite. O YHWH my God, in You I have taken refuge; keep me safe from all those pursuing me, and deliver me,

2 lest they tear my soul like a lion, tearing apart, and there is no one snatching me up.

3 O YHWH my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my palms,

4 if I have dealt with the one at peace with me with evil, or have drawn out my enemy without cause,

5 may the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground, and let him set down my honor in the dust. Selah

6 arise, O YHWH, in Your anger; lift up against the fury of my adversaries, and rouse Yourself for me; You have appointed a judgment.

7 And let the congregation of peoples surround You; and over it return in the heights.

8 YHWH shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity within me.

9 Please, let the evil of the wicked cease, and may you establish the righteous—even the One testing hearts and kidneys, O Righteous God.