Psalms 7:2-17 ▼

2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, || Tearing, and there is no deliverer.

3 O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, || If there is iniquity in my hands,

4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, || And draw my adversary without cause,

5 [Then] an enemy pursues my soul, and overtakes, || And treads down my life to the earth, || And places my glory in the dust. Selah.

6 Rise, O YHWH, in Your anger, || Be lifted up at the wrath of my adversaries, || And awake Yourself for me: You have commanded judgment.

7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, || And over it turn back on high.

8 YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, || According to my righteousness, || And according to my integrity [that is] on me.

9 Please let the evil of the wicked be ended, || And establish the righteous, || And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

10 My shield [is] on God, || Savior of the upright in heart!

11 God [is] judging right, || And He is not angry at all times.

12 If [one] does not turn, || He sharpens His sword, || He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,

13 Indeed, He has prepared for Himself || Instruments of death, || He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.

14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, || And he has conceived perverseness, || And has brought forth falsehood.

15 He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, || And he falls into a ditch he makes.

16 His perverseness returns on his head, || And his violence comes down on his crown.

17 I thank YHWH, || According to His righteousness, || And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!