Psalms 7

Berean Standard Bible

Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)

1O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

1The psalm of David which he sung to the Lord for the words of Chusi the son of Jemini. [2 Kings 16]

2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

2O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.

3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

3Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.

4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

4O Lord my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands:

5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

5If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.

6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

6Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.

7Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.

7Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies. And arise, O Lord my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded:

8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.

8And a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for their sakes return thou on high.

9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

9The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.

10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

10The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought: and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God.

11God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.

11Just is my help from the Lord: who saveth the upright of heart.

12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

12God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day?

13He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.

13Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword: he hath bent his bow and made it ready.

14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

14And in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn.

15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

15Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.

16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

16He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.

17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

17His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.

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18I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice: and will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

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