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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 7 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Psalm 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/6.htm" title="Psalm 6">◄</a> Psalm 7 <a href="../psalms/8.htm" title="Psalm 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">In You Do I Take Refuge</p><subheading class="psalm-title">A Shiggaion<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Probably a musical or liturgical term">a</a></sup></span> of David, which he sang to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God, in you do I take refuge;</span><br /><span class="indent">save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,</span><br /><span class="indent">rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God, if I have done this,</span><br /><span class="indent">if there is wrong in my hands,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">if I have repaid my friend<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew the one at peace with me">b</a></sup></span> with evil</span><br /><span class="indent">or plundered my enemy without cause,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,</span><br /><span class="indent">and let him trample my life to the ground</span><br /><span class="indent">and lay my glory in the dust. <selah>Selah</selah></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Arise, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, in your anger;</span><br /><span class="indent">lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;</span><br /><span class="indent">awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;</span><br /><span class="indent">over it return on high.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> judges the peoples;</span><br /><span class="indent">judge me, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, according to my righteousness</span><br /><span class="indent">and according to the integrity that is in me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,</span><br /><span class="indent">and may you establish the righteous—</span><br /><span class="ln-group">you who test the minds and hearts,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew the hearts and kidneys">c</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">O righteous God!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My shield is with God,</span><br /><span class="indent">who saves the upright in heart.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">God is a righteous judge,</span><br /><span class="indent">and a God who feels indignation every day.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">If a man<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew he">d</a></sup></span> does not repent, God<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew he">e</a></sup></span> will whet his sword;</span><br /><span class="indent">he has bent and readied his bow;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,</span><br /><span class="indent">making his arrows fiery shafts.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Behold, the wicked man conceives evil</span><br /><span class="indent">and is pregnant with mischief</span><br /><span class="indent">and gives birth to lies.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He makes a pit, digging it out,</span><br /><span class="indent">and falls into the hole that he has made.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">His mischief returns upon his own head,</span><br /><span class="indent">and on his own skull his violence descends.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will give to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> the thanks due to his righteousness,</span><br /><span class="indent">and I will sing praise to the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the Most High.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Probably a musical or liturgical term<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Hebrew <i>the one at peace with me</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">the</span> hearts and kidneys</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Hebrew <i>he</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Hebrew <i>he</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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