Psalm 7
Common English Bible
Psalm 7
A shiggayon[a] of David, which he sang to the Lord about Cush, a Benjaminite.
7 I take refuge in you, Lord, my God.
Save me from all who chase me!
Rescue me!
2 Otherwise, they will rip me apart,
dragging me off with no chance of rescue.
3 Lord, my God, if I have done this—
if my hands have done anything wrong,
4 if I have repaid a friend with evil
or oppressed a foe for no reason—
5 then let my enemy
not only chase but catch me,
trampling my life into the ground,
laying my reputation in the dirt. Selah
6 Get up, Lord; get angry!
Stand up against the fury of my foes!
Wake up, my God;[b]
you command that justice be done!
7 Let the assembled peoples surround you.
Rule them from on high![c]
8 The Lord will judge the peoples.
Establish justice for me, Lord,
according to my righteousness
and according to my integrity.
9 Please let the evil of the wicked be over,
but set the righteous firmly in place
because you, the righteous God,
are the one who examines hearts and minds.
10 God is my shield;
he saves those whose heart is right.
11 God is a righteous judge,
a God who is angry at evil[d] every single day.
12 If someone doesn’t change their ways,
God will sharpen his sword,
will bend his bow,
will string an arrow.
13 God has deadly weapons in store
for those who won’t change;
he gets his flaming arrows ready!
14 But look how the wicked hatch evil,
conceive trouble, give birth to lies!
15 They make a pit, dig it all out,
and then fall right into the hole that they’ve made!
16 The trouble they cause
will come back on their own heads;
the violence they commit
will come down on their own skulls.
17 But I will thank the Lord
for his righteousness;
I will sing praises
to the name of the Lord Most High.
Footnotes
- Psalm 7:1 Perhaps lament
- Psalm 7:6 Or for my sake
- Psalm 7:7 Correction; MT Come back to be exalted over them.
- Psalm 7:11 Heb lacks at evil.
Psalm 7
New King James Version
Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies
A (A)Meditation[a] of David, which he sang to the Lord (B)concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
7 O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;
(C)Save me from all those who persecute me;
And deliver me,
2 (D)Lest they tear me like a lion,
(E)Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O Lord my God, (F)if I have done this:
If there is (G)iniquity in my hands,
4 If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or (H)have plundered my enemy without cause,
5 Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah
6 Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
(I)Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies;
(J)Rise up [b]for me to the judgment You have commanded!
7 So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You;
For their sakes, therefore, return on high.
8 The Lord shall judge the peoples;
(K)Judge me, O Lord, (L)according to my righteousness,
And according to my integrity within me.
9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
But establish the just;
(M)For the righteous God tests the hearts and [c]minds.
10 [d]My defense is of God,
Who saves the (N)upright in heart.
11 God is a just judge,
And God is angry with the wicked every day.
12 If he does not turn back,
He will (O)sharpen His sword;
He bends His bow and makes it ready.
13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;
He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.
14 (P)Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity;
Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit and dug it out,
(Q)And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 (R)His trouble shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down on [e]his own crown.
17 I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness,
And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
Footnotes
- Psalm 7:1 Heb. Shiggaion
- Psalm 7:6 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX O Lord my God
- Psalm 7:9 Lit. kidneys, the most secret part of man
- Psalm 7:10 Lit. My shield is upon God
- Psalm 7:16 The crown of his own head
诗篇 7
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
呼求 神秉公審判
大衛因便雅憫人古實的話,向耶和華所唱的“士迦庸”。
7 耶和華我的 神啊!我已經投靠了你,
求你拯救我脫離所有追趕我的人。
求你搭救我,
2 免得他們像獅子一般把我撕裂,
把我撕碎的時候,也沒有人搭救。
3 耶和華我的 神啊!如果我作了這事,
如果我手中有罪孽,
4 如果我以惡回報那與我為友的人,
或是無故掠奪與我為敵的人,
5 就任憑仇敵追趕我,直到追上,
把我的性命踐踏在地上,
使我的光榮歸於塵土。(細拉)
6 耶和華啊!求你在怒中起來,
求你挺身而起,抵擋我敵人的暴怒,
求你為我興起;你已經出令施行審判。
7 願萬民聚集環繞你,
願你歸回高處,統管他們。
8 願耶和華審判萬民。
耶和華啊!求你按著我的公義,
照著我心中的正直判斷我。
9 願惡人的惡行止息,
願你使義人堅立。
公義的 神啊!
你是察驗人心腸肺腑的。
10 神是我的盾牌,
他拯救心裡正直的人。
11 神是公義的審判者,
他是天天向惡人發怒的 神。
12 如果人不悔改,
神必把他的刀磨快。
神已經把弓拉開,準備妥當。
13 他親自預備了致命的武器,
他使所射的箭成為燃燒的箭。
14 看哪!惡人為了罪孽經歷產痛,
他懷的是惡毒,生下的是虛謊。
15 他挖掘坑穴,挖得深深的,
自己卻掉進所挖的陷阱裡。
16 他的惡毒必回到自己的頭上,
他的強暴必落在自己的頭頂上。
17 我要照著耶和華的公義稱謝他,
歌頌至高者耶和華的名。
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