Psalm 7–8

Psalm 7

A Meditation Concerning the Words of Cush, a Benjamite.

¹O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; ^cSave me from all those who persecute me;

And deliver me,

^2dLest they tear me like a lion,

^eRending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

³O Lord my God, ^fif I have done this:

If there is ^giniquity in my hands,

⁴If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,

Or ^hhave plundered my enemy without cause,

⁵Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;

Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,

And lay my honor in the dust.

Selah

⁶Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;

ⁱLift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies;

^jRise up ²for me to the judgment You have commanded!

⁷So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You;

For their sakes, therefore, return on high.

⁸The Lord shall judge the peoples;

^kJudge me, O Lord, ^laccording to my righteousness,

And according to my integrity within me.

⁹Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,

But establish the just;

^mFor the righteous God tests the hearts and ³minds.

¹⁰⁴My defense is of God,

Who saves the ⁿupright in heart.

¹¹God is a just judge,

And God is angry with the wicked every day.

¹²If he does not turn back,

He will ^osharpen His sword;

He bends His bow and makes it ready.

¹³He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;

He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.

^14pBehold, the wicked brings forth iniquity;

Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.

¹⁵He made a pit and dug it out,

^qAnd has fallen into the ditch which he made.

^16rHis trouble shall return upon his own head,

And his violent dealing shall come down on ⁵his own crown.

¹⁷I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness,

And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

Psalm 8

To the Chief Musician. On the Instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.

¹O Lord, our Lord,

How ^aexcellent is Your name in all the earth,

Who have ^bset Your glory above the heavens!

^2cOut of the mouth of babes and nursing infants

You have ²ordained strength,

Because of Your enemies,

That You may silence ^dthe enemy and the avenger.

³When I ^econsider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

^4fWhat is man that You are mindful of him,

And the son of man that You ^gvisit ³him?

⁵For You have made him a little lower than ⁴the angels,

And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

^6hYou have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;

ⁱYou have put all things under his feet,

⁷All sheep and oxen—

Even the beasts of the field,

⁸The birds of the air,

And the fish of the sea

That pass through the paths of the seas.

^9jO Lord, our Lord,

How excellent is Your name in all the earth!