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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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SENHOR, meu Deus, em ti me refugio. Salva-me de todos os que me perseguem, e livra-me,
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para que não despedacem a minha alma como um leão, rasgando-a em pedaços, sem que haja ninguém para livrar.
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SENHOR, meu Deus, se eu fiz isso, se há iniquidade em minhas mãos,
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se paguei com o mal àquele que estava em paz comigo (sim, saqueei aquele que sem motivo era meu adversário),
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que o inimigo persiga a minha alma e a alcance; sim, que ele pise a minha vida até a terra, e lance a minha glória no pó. Selá.
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Levanta-te, SENHOR, na tua ira. Ergue-te contra a fúria dos meus adversários. Desperta em meu favor. Tu ordenaste o juízo.
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Que a congregação dos povos te rodeie. Reina sobre eles das alturas.
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O SENHOR exerce juízo sobre os povos. Julga-me, SENHOR, segundo a minha justiça, e segundo a integridade que há em mim.
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Ah, que a maldade dos ímpios chegue ao fim, mas estabelece o justo; pois suas mentes e corações são sondados pelo Deus justo.
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O meu escudo está com Deus, que salva os retos de coração.
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Deus é um juiz justo, sim, um Deus que se indigna todos os dias.
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Se o homem não se arrepender, ele afiará a sua espada; ele já armou e preparou o seu arco.
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Ele também preparou para si os instrumentos de morte. Ele prepara as suas flechas inflamadas.
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Eis que, ele sofre dores de parto com a iniquidade. Sim, ele concebeu a maldade, e deu à luz a falsidade.
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Ele cavou um buraco, e caiu na cova que fez.
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O mal que ele causa retornará sobre a sua própria cabeça. A sua violência descerá sobre o topo da sua própria cabeça.
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Eu darei graças ao SENHOR segundo a sua justiça, e cantarei louvores ao nome do SENHOR Altíssimo.
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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