Psalms 7 — Side by side (ASV, WEB, DBY)

1 O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,

1O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,

1 Jehovah myGod, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;

2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.

3O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

3 Jehovah myGod, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;

4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary);

4 If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)

5Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. [Selah

5 Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take [it], and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

6Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

6 Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.

7And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.

7 And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high.

8Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.

8 Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.

9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

9 Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteousGod.

10My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

10 My shield is withGod, who saveth the upright in heart.

11God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

11 God is a righteous judge, and aGod who is indignant all the day.

12If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;

12 If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,

13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.

13 And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.

14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

15He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

15 He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.

16His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

17I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.

17 I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.