7:1 A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush a Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in thee do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,
7:1 A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in you I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,

7:2 lest like a lion they rend me, dragging me away, with none to rescue.
7:2 or like a lion they will tear me apart; they will drag me away, with no one to rescue.

7:3 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
7:3 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

7:4 if I have requited my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
7:4 if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause,

7:5 let the enemy pursue me and overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust. [Selah]
7:5 then let the enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust. Selah

7:6 Arise, O LORD, in thy anger, lift thyself up against the fury of my enemies; awake, O my God; thou hast appointed a judgment.
7:6 Rise up, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake, O my God; you have appointed a judgment.

7:7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about thee; and over it take thy seat on high.
7:7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered around you, and over it take your seat on high.

7:8 The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
7:8 The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

7:9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.
7:9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God.

7:10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
7:10 God is my shield, who saves the upright in heart.

7:11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.
7:11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.

7:12 If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;
7:12 If one does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;

7:13 he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
7:13 he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.

7:14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil, and is pregnant with mischief, and brings forth lies.
7:14 See how they conceive evil, and are pregnant with mischief, and bring forth lies.

7:15 He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole which he has made.
7:15 They make a pit, digging it out, and fall into the hole that they have made.

7:16 His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.
7:16 Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.

7:17 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.
7:17 I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.