VII. Book I. Jehovah Implored to Defend the Psalmist Against the Wicked. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

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The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book I

VII

Jehovah Implored to Defend the Psalmist Against the Wicked

Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite.


[1]	O JEHOVAH my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,
[2]	Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
[3]	O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;
[4]	If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary);
[5]	Let 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
[6]	Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
[7]	And 1 let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.
[8]	Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that 2 is in me.
[9]	Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts. 3
[10]	My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.
[11]	God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.
[12]	If 4 a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;
[13]	He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.
[14]	Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
[15]	He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
[16]	His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
[17]	I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.

Note 1. Or, So shall. [back]

Note 2. Or, be it unto me. [back]

Note 3. Heb. reins. [back]

Note 4. Or, Surely he will again whet. [back]

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