The Book of Psalms

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- Kapitel 7 -

I take refuge in you

A musical composition of David, which he sang to Yahweh concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. Yahweh my God, I take refuge in you! Save me from all who chase me, and rescue me.

Otherwise, they will rip me apart like a lion, tearing me in pieces with no one else able to bring me to safety.

Yahweh my God, I never did what my enemies say I did; there is no injustice on my hands.

I have never done wrong to anyone at peace with me, or senselessly harmed any who are against me.

If I am not telling the truth then let my enemy pursue my life and overtake it; let him trample my living body on the ground and leave me lying dishonored in the dust. Selah.

Arise, Yahweh, in your anger; stand up against the rage of my enemies; wake up for my sake and carry out the righteous decrees that you have commanded for them.

The countries are assembled all around you; take once more your rightful place over them.

Yahweh, judge the nations; vindicate me, Yahweh, because I am righteous and innocent, Most High.

May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous people, righteous God, you who examine hearts and minds.

My shield comes from God, the one who saves the upright in heart.

God is a righteous judge, a God who is indignant each day.

If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword and will prepare his bow for battle.

He prepares to use weapons against him; he makes his arrows flaming shafts.

Think about the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, who gives birth to harmful lies.

He digs a pit and hollows it out and then falls into the hole he has made.

His own destructive plans return to his own head, for his violence comes down on his own head.

I will give thanks to Yahweh for his justice; I will sing praise to Yahweh Most High.

I take refuge in you

LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

LORD, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

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.

Arise, LORD, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.

The LORD administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.

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.

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.

If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.

He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.

Behold,(a) he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Fußnoten

(a)7:14 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.