Psalm 7–8

PSALM 7

In You I Have Taken Refuge

A ^†Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Yahweh concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

¹O Yahweh my God, ^ain You I have taken refuge;

Save me from all those who pursue me, and ^bdeliver me,

²Lest he tear ¹my soul ^alike a lion,

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

³O Yahweh my God, if I have done this,

If there is ^ainjustice in my hands,

⁴If I have ^arewarded evil to him who ¹is at peace with me,

Or have ^bplundered my adversary without cause,

⁵Let the enemy pursue ¹my soul and overtake ²it;

And let him trample my life down to the ground

And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. ³Selah.

^6aArise, O Yahweh, in Your anger;

^bLift up Yourself against ^cthe fury of my adversaries,

And ^darouse Yourself ¹for me; You have appointed judgment.

⁷Let the congregation of the ^apeoples encompass You,

And over ¹them return on high.

⁸Yahweh ^ajudges the peoples;

^1bGive justice to me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.

⁹O let ^athe evil of the wicked come to an end, but ^bestablish the righteous;

For the righteous God ^ctests the hearts and ¹minds.

¹⁰My ^ashield is ¹with God,

Who ^bsaves the upright in heart.

¹¹God is a ^arighteous judge,

And a God who has ^bindignation every day.

¹²If ¹a man ^adoes not repent, He will ^bsharpen His sword;

He has ^cbent His bow and prepared it.

¹³He has also prepared ¹for Himself deadly weapons;

He makes His ^aarrows fiery shafts.

¹⁴Behold, he travails with wickedness,

And he ^aconceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.

¹⁵He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,

And has ^afallen into the hole which he made.

¹⁶His ^amischief will return upon his own head,

And his ^bviolence will descend upon ¹his own skull.

¹⁷I will give thanks to Yahweh ^aaccording to His righteousness

And will ^bsing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.

PSALM 8

How Majestic Is Your Name

For the choir director. According to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

¹O Yahweh, our Lord,

How majestic is Your name in all the earth,

Who ^1adisplays Your splendor above the heavens!

^2aFrom the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have established ^1bstrength

Because of Your adversaries,

To make ^cthe enemy and the revengeful cease.

³When I ^asee ^bYour heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The ^cmoon and the stars, which You have established;

^4aWhat is man that You remember him,

And the son of man that You care for him?

⁵Yet You have made him a ^alittle lower than the ¹angels,

And ^bYou crown him with ^cglory and majesty!

⁶You make him to ^arule over the works of Your hands;

You have ^bput all things under his feet,

⁷All sheep and oxen,

And also the animals of the field,

⁸The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,

Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

^9aO Yahweh, our Lord,

How majestic is Your name in all the earth!