Psalm 7:1WEB
Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
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PsalmsWEB
A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.
Psalm 7:1WEB
Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 7:2WEB
lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
Psalm 7:3WEB
Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 7:4WEB
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have plundered him who without cause was my adversary),
Psalm 7:5WEB
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
Psalm 7:6WEB
Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 7:7WEB
Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.
Psalm 7:8WEB
Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 7:9WEB
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
Psalm 7:10WEB
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
Psalm 7:11WEB
God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
Psalm 7:12WEB
If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
Psalm 7:13WEB
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
Psalm 7:14WEB
Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
Psalm 7:15WEB
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
Psalm 7:16WEB
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
Psalm 7:17WEB
I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.