Psalm 7–8

Psalm 7

Prayer for Justice

A Shiggaion ^tof David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, ^ua Benjaminite.

¹Yahweh my God, I seek refuge in You; ^v

save me from all my pursuers and rescue me ^w

²or they ^xwill tear me like a lion,

ripping me apart with no one to rescue me. ^yz

³Yahweh my God, if I have done this,

if there is injustice on my hands, ^a

⁴if I have done harm to one at peace with me ^b

or have plundered ^cmy adversary without cause, ^d

⁵may an enemy pursue and overtake me;

may he trample me to the ground ^e

and leave my honor in the dust. ^fSelah

⁶Rise up, Lord, in Your anger;

lift Yourself up against the fury of my adversaries; ^g

awake for me; ^hi

You have ordained ^ja judgment. ^k

⁷Let the assembly of peoples gather around You; ^l

take Your seat ^mon high over it. ⁿ

⁸The Lord judges the peoples; ^o

vindicate me, Lord,

according to my righteousness and my integrity. ^pq

⁹Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, ^r

but establish the righteous. ^s

The One who examines the thoughts and emotions ^t

is a righteous God. ^u

¹⁰My shield is with ^vGod, ^w

who saves the upright in heart. ^x

¹¹God is a righteous judge

and a God who shows His wrath every day. ^y

¹²If anyone does not repent,

God ^zwill sharpen His sword; ^a

He has strung ^bHis bow and made it ready. ^c

¹³He has prepared His deadly weapons;

He tips His arrows with fire. ^d

¹⁴See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil,

conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit. ^e

¹⁵He dug a pit and hollowed it out

but fell into the hole he had made. ^f

¹⁶His trouble comes back on his own head,

and his violence falls on the top of his head. ^g

¹⁷I will thank the Lord for His righteousness;

I will sing about the name of Yahweh the Most High. ^h

Psalm 8

God’s Glory, Man’s Dignity

For the choir director: on the Gittith. ⁱA Davidic psalm.

¹Yahweh, our Lord,

how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! ^j

You have covered the heavens with Your majesty. ^kl

²Because of Your adversaries,

You have established a stronghold ^m

from the mouths of children and nursing infants ⁿ

to silence the enemy and the avenger.

³When I observe Your heavens,

the work of Your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which You set in place, ^o

⁴what is man that You remember him,

the son of man that You look after him? ^p

⁵You made him little less than God ^qr

and crowned him with glory and honor.

⁶You made him lord over the works of Your hands;

You put everything under his feet: ^st

⁷all the sheep and oxen,

as well as the animals in the wild,

⁸the birds of the sky,

and the fish of the sea

that pass through the currents of the seas. ^u

⁹Yahweh, our Lord,

how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!