Psalms 7

shiggayon ledavid asher-shar la-Adonai al-divre-khush ben-yemini

Shiggaion of David, which he sang to GOD, concerning Cush, a Benjaminite.

Adonai elohay bekha khasiti hoshi'eni mikkol-rodefay vehatsileni

O my ETERNAL God, in You I seek refuge; deliver me from all my pursuers and save me,

pen-yitrof ke'aryeh nafshi poreq ve'en matsil

lest, like a lion, they tear me apart, rending in pieces, and no one save me.

Adonai elohay im-asiti zot im-yesh-avel bekhappay

O my ETERNAL God, if I have done such things, if my hands bear the guilt of wrongdoing,

im-gamalti sholemi ra va'akhalletsah tsoreri reqam

if I have dealt evil to my ally— I who rescued my foe without reward—

yiraddof-oyev nafshi veyasseg veyirmos la'arets khayyay ukhevodi le'afar yashken selah

then let the enemy pursue and overtake me; let my life be trampled to the ground, and my body dwell in the dust. Selah.

qumah Adonai be'appekha hinnase be'avrot tsoreray ve'urah elay mishpat tsivvita

Rise, O ETERNAL One, in Your anger; assert Yourself against the fury of my foes; bestir Yourself in my behalf; You have ordained judgment.

va'adat le'ummim tesovevekka ve'aleha lammarom shuvah

Let the assembly of peoples gather about You, with You enthroned above, on high.

Adonai yadin ammim shofteni Adonai ketsidqi ukhetummi alay

GOD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O ETERNAL One, for the righteousness and blamelessness that are mine.

yigmor-na ra resha'im utekhonen tsaddiq uvokhen libbot ukhelayot elohim tsaddiq

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; the One who probes the mind and conscience is God the Righteous.

maginni al-elohim moshia yishre-lev

I look to God to shield me; the deliverer of the upright.

elohim shofet tsaddiq ve'el zo'em bekhol-yom

God vindicates the righteous; God pronounces doom each day.

im-lo yashuv kharbo yiltosh qashto darakh vayekhoneneha

If someone [wicked] does not turn back, but whets his sword, bends his bow and aims it,

velo hekhin kele-mavet khitsayw ledoleqim yifal

then against himself he readies deadly weapons, and makes his arrows sharp.

hinneh yekhabbel-aven veharah amal veyalad shaqer

See, he hatches evil, conceives mischief, and gives birth to fraud.

bor karah vayyakhperehu vayyippol beshakhat yifal

He has dug a pit and deepened it, and will fall into the trap he made.

yashuv amalo verosho ve'al qodqodo khamaso yered

His mischief will recoil upon his own head; his lawlessness will come down upon his skull.

odeh Adonai ketsidqo va'azammerah shem-Adonai elyon

I will praise GOD for being righteous, and sing a hymn to the name of GOD Most High.