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Psalms 7
A man on trial pleads his own innocence. The psalmist asks God to chase him down himself if the accusation is true — if he repaid evil to a friend or plundered an enemy without cause (v.3-4). It is a lawsuit, not a lament: he wants a verdict. Watch how the danger turns back on its maker. The schemer digs a hole and falls into the pit he made (v.15); his violence comes down on his own head (v.16). The poem ends not in rescue but in thanks for God's righteousness.
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LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
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lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
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LORD, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
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if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have plundered him who without cause was my adversary),
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let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
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Arise, LORD, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
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Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.
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The LORD administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
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Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
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My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
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God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
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If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
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He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
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Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
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He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
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The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
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I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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Sigaión de David, que cantó á Jehová sobre las palabras de Cus, hijo de Benjamín. JEHOVÁ Dios mío, en ti he confiado: sálvame de todos los que me persiguen, y líbrame;
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No sea que arrebate mi alma, cual león que despedaza, sin que haya quien libre.
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Jehová Dios mío, si yo he hecho esto, si hay en mis manos iniquidad;
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Si dí mal pago al pacífico conmigo, (hasta he libertado al que sin causa era mi enemigo;)
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Persiga el enemigo mi alma, y alcánce la ; y pise en tierra mi vida, y mi honra ponga en el polvo. (Selah.)
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Levántate, oh Jehová, con tu furor; álzate á causa de las iras de mis angustiadores, y despierta en favor mío el juicio que mandaste.
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Y te rodeará concurso de pueblo; por cuyo amor vuélvete luego á levantar en alto.
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Jehová juzgará los pueblos: júzgame, oh Jehová, conforme á mi justicia y conforme á mi integridad.
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Consúmase ahora la malicia de los inicuos, y establece al justo; pues el Dios justo prueba los corazones y los riñones.
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Mi escudo está en Dios, que salva á los rectos de corazón.
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Dios es el que juzga al justo: y Dios está airado todos los días contra el impío .
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Si no se convirtiere, él afilará su espada: armado tiene ya su arco, y lo ha preparado.
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Asimismo ha aparejado para él armas de muerte; ha labrado sus saetas para los que persiguen.
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He aquí ha tenido parto de iniquidad: concibió trabajo, y parió mentira.
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Pozo ha cavado, y ahondádolo; y en la fosa que hizo caerá.
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Su trabajo se tornará sobre su cabeza, y su agravio descenderá sobre su mollera.
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Alabaré yo á Jehová conforme á su justicia, y cantaré al nombre de Jehová el Altísimo.
An oath of self-curse
Verses 3-5 are a conditional oath in the old legal form: if I did this, then let the enemy overtake me and tread my life into the dust. By inviting the punishment, the speaker stakes everything on being cleared.
That gamble reframes the request in v.6-8: 'Arise, LORD, in your anger' is a call for the court to convene, with the peoples gathered round the throne to watch judgment done.
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