{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":7,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/6","next":"psalms/8","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,","f":["Shiggaion is probably a musical or liturgical term."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 O LORD my God, I take refuge in You;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,"}],"h":"I Take Refuge in You","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"or they will shred my soul like a lion"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O LORD my God, if I have done this,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if injustice is on my hands,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,","f":["Hebrew the one at peace with me"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if I have rewarded my ally with evil,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if I have plundered my foe without cause,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may he trample me to the ground"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and leave my honor in the dust."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Arise, O LORD, in Your anger;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"rise up against the fury of my enemies."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Awake, my God, and ordain judgment."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Let the assembled peoples gather around You;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"take Your seat over them on high."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD judges the peoples;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"vindicate me, O LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"according to my righteousness and integrity."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.","f":["Hebrew hearts and kidneys"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Put an end to the evil of the wicked,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but establish the righteous,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O righteous God who searches hearts and minds."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My shield is with God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who saves the upright in heart."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"God is a righteous judge"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a God who feels indignation each day."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If one does not repent,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"God will sharpen His sword;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has bent and strung His bow."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He has prepared His deadly weapons;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He ordains His arrows with fire."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Behold, [the wicked man] travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Behold, [the wicked man] travails with evil;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he conceives trouble and births falsehood."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He has dug a hole and hollowed it out;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he has fallen into a pit of his own making."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His trouble recoils on himself,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his violence falls on his own head."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I will thank the LORD for His righteousness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High."}],"style":"indent1stline"}],"superscription":"A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite."}