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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Psalm 7 ISV</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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmheading">A Davidic psalm,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:T Heb. Shiggaion">a</a></span> which he sang to the LORD, because of the words of Cush the descendant of Benjamin.</p><p class="heading">A Prayer for Vindication</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>LORD, my God,</p> <p class="poetry2">I seek refuge in you.</p> <p class="poetry2">Deliver me from those who persecute me!</p> <p class="poetry2">Rescue me!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion,</p> <p class="poetry2">tearing me<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:2 The Heb. lacks me">b</a></span> apart with no one to rescue me.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:2 The Heb. lacks me">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>LORD, my God, if I have done this thing,</p> <p class="poetry2">if there is injustice on my hands,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>if I have rewarded those who did me good with evil,</p> <p class="poetry2">if I have plundered my enemy without justification,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>then, let my enemy pursue me,</p> <p class="poetry2">let him overtake me,</p> <p class="poetry2">and let him trample my life to the ground.</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry2">Let him put my honor into the dust.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Get up, LORD, in your anger!</p> <p class="poetry2">Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies;</p> <p class="poetry2">Arouse yourself for me;</p> <p class="poetry2">you have ordained justice.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Let the assembly of the peoples gather around you,</p> <p class="poetry2">and you will sit<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:7 Lit. return">d</a></span> high above them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For the LORD will judge the peoples.</p> <p class="poetry2">Judge me according to my righteousness, LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">and according to my integrity, Exalted One.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,</p> <p class="poetry2">but establish the righteous.</p> <p class="poetry2">For you are the righteous God</p> <p class="poetry2">who discerns the inner thoughts.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:9 Lit. hearts and innards">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>God is my shield,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:10 Lit. My shield is on God">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">the one who delivers the upright in heart.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>God is a righteous judge,</p> <p class="poetry2">a God who is angry with sinners<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:11 The Heb. lacks sinners">g</a></span> every day.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If the ungodly one<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:12 Lit. If he">h</a></span> doesn’t repent,</p> <p class="poetry2">God will sharpen his sword;</p> <p class="poetry2">he will string his bow and prepare it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He prepares weapons of death for himself,</p> <p class="poetry2">he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But the wicked one<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:14 Lit. But he">i</a></span> travails with evil,</p> <p class="poetry2">he conceives malice and gives birth to lies.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He digs a pit, even excavates it;</p> <p class="poetry2">then he fell into the hole that he had made.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The trouble<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:16 Lit. His trouble">j</a></span> he planned will return on his own head,</p> <p class="poetry2">and his violence will descend on his skull.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But as for me,</p> <p class="poetry2">I will praise the LORD for his righteousness,</p> <p class="poetry2">and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 7:T Heb. <i>Shiggaion</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 7:2 The Heb. lacks <i>me</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 7:2 The Heb. lacks <i>me</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 7:7 Lit. <i>return</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 7:9 Lit. <i>hearts and innards</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 7:10 Lit. <i>My shield is on God</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 7:11 The Heb. lacks <i>sinners</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 7:12 Lit. <i>If he</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 7:14 Lit. <i>But he</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 7:16 Lit. <i>His trouble</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/psalms/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>