Psalm 7-9

Complete Jewish Bible

7 ⁽⁰⁾A shiggayon of David, which he sang to Adonai because of Kush the Ben-Y’mini:

²⁽¹⁾Adonai my God, in you I take refuge.
Save me from all my pursuers, and rescue me;
³⁽²⁾otherwise, they will maul me like a lion
and tear me apart, with no rescuer present.

⁴⁽³⁾Adonai my God, if I have caused this,
if there is guilt on my hands,
⁵⁽⁴⁾if I paid back evil to him who was at peace with me,
when I even spared those who opposed me without cause;
⁶⁽⁵⁾then let the enemy pursue me
until he overtakes me
and tramples my life down into the earth;
yes, let him lay my honor in the dust. (Selah)

⁷⁽⁶⁾Rise up, Adonai, in your anger!
Arouse yourself against the fury of my foes.
Wake up for me; you commanded justice.
⁸⁽⁷⁾May the assembly of the peoples surround you;
may you return to rule over them from on high.
⁹⁽⁸⁾Adonai, who dispenses judgment to the peoples,
judge me, Adonai, according to my righteousness
and as my integrity deserves.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and establish the righteous;
since you, righteous God,
test hearts and minds.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾My shield is God,
who saves the upright in heart.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾God is a righteous judge,
a God whose anger is present every day.
¹³⁽¹²⁾If a person will not repent,
he sharpens his sword.
He has bent his bow, made it ready;
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾he has also prepared for him
weapons of death, his arrows,
which he has made into burning shafts.

¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾Look how the wicked is pregnant with evil;
he conceives trouble, gives birth to lies.
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾He makes a pit, digs it deep,
and falls into the hole he made.
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾His mischief will return onto his own head,
his violence will recoil onto his own skull.

¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾I thank Adonai for his righteousness
and sing praise to the name of Adonai ‘Elyon.

8 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. On the gittit. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾Adonai! Our Lord! How glorious
is your name throughout the earth!
The fame of your majesty
spreads even above the heavens!

³⁽²⁾From the mouths of babies and infants at the breast
you established strength because of your foes,
in order that you might silence
the enemy and the avenger.

⁴⁽³⁾When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and stars that you set in place —
⁵⁽⁴⁾what are mere mortals, that you concern yourself with them;
humans, that you watch over them with such care?

⁶⁽⁵⁾You made him but little lower than the angels,
you crowned him with glory and honor,
⁷⁽⁶⁾you had him rule what your hands made,
you put everything under his feet —
⁸⁽⁷⁾sheep and oxen, all of them,
also the animals in the wilds,
⁹⁽⁸⁾the birds in the air, the fish in the sea,
whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Adonai! Our Lord! How glorious
is your name throughout the earth!

9 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. On the death of Labben. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾I give thanks to Adonai with all my heart.
I will tell about all your wonderful deeds.
³⁽²⁾I will be glad and exult in you.
I will sing praise to your name, ‘Elyon.

⁴⁽³⁾When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before you.
⁵⁽⁴⁾For you upheld my cause as just,
sitting on the throne as the righteous judge.

⁶⁽⁵⁾You rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked,
blotted out their name forever and ever.
⁷⁽⁶⁾The enemy is finished, in ruins forever;
you destroyed their cities; all memory of them is lost.

⁸⁽⁷⁾But Adonai is enthroned forever;
he has set up his throne for judgment.
⁹⁽⁸⁾He will judge the world in righteousness;
he will judge the peoples fairly.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Adonai is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a tower of strength in times of trouble.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you have not abandoned those who seek you, Adonai.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾Sing praises to Adonai, who lives in Tziyon;
proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
¹³⁽¹²⁾For the avenger of blood remembers them,
he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted:

¹⁴⁽¹³⁾“Have mercy on me, Adonai!
See how I suffer from those who hate me;
you raise me from the gates of death,
¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾so that I can proclaim all your praises
at the gates of the daughter of Tziyon
and rejoice in this deliverance of yours.”

¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾The nations have drowned in the pit they dug,
caught their own feet in the net they hid.
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾Adonai made himself known and executed judgment;
the wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. (Higgayon; Selah)

¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾The wicked will return to Sh’ol,
all the nations that forget God.

¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾For the poor will not always be forgotten
or the hope of the needy perish forever.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾Arise, Adonai! Don’t let mortals prevail!
Let the nations be judged in your presence.
²¹⁽²⁰⁾Strike them with terror, Adonai!
Let the nations know they are only human. (Selah)