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Psalm 7 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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In You I Have Taken Refuge

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A [fn]Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Yahweh concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

O Yahweh my God, in You I have taken refuge;

Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

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Lest he tear [fn]my soul like a lion,

Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

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O Yahweh my God, if I have done this,

If there is injustice in my hands,

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If I have rewarded evil to him who [fn]is at peace with me,

Or have plundered my adversary without cause,

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Let the enemy pursue [fn]my soul and overtake [fn]it;

And let him trample my life down to the ground

And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. [fn]Selah.

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Arise, O Yahweh, in Your anger;

Lift up Yourself against the fury of my adversaries,

And arouse Yourself [fn]for me; You have appointed judgment.

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Let the congregation of the peoples encompass You,

And over [fn]them return on high.

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Yahweh judges the peoples;

[fn]Give justice to me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.

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O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;

For the righteous God tests the hearts and [fn]minds.

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My shield is [fn]with God,

Who saves the upright in heart.

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God is a righteous judge,

And a God who has indignation every day.

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If [fn]a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;

He has bent His bow and prepared it.

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He has also prepared [fn]for Himself deadly weapons;

He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

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Behold, he travails with wickedness,

And he conceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.

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He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,

And has fallen into the hole which he made.

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His mischief will return upon his own head,

And his violence will descend upon [fn]his own skull.

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I will give thanks to Yahweh according to His righteousness

And will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.

LSB Footnotes
Possibly a wild, passionate, and animated song
Or me
Lit was
Or me
Or me
Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
One ancient version O my God
Lit it
Lit Judge
Lit kidneys, figurative for inner man
Lit upon
Lit he
Or His deadly weapons
The crown of his own head
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