Psalms · Catholic Public Domain Version
Psalm 7 Catholic Public Domain Version
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Notes on this text (4)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering, with the psalm titles counted as verse 1 (as in the Vulgate).
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush, the son of Jemini.
1 Not in this translation
2 O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me:
1 A meditation by 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 those who pursue me, and deliver me,
3 lest at any time, like a lion, he might seize my soul, while there is no one to redeem me, nor any who can save.
2 lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
4 O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this:
3 Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
5 if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies:
4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have plundered him who without cause was my adversary),
6 let the enemy pursue my soul, and take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust. Pause
5 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.
7 Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded,
6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
8 and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high.
7 Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.
9 The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.
8 Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
10 The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.
9 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.
11 Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
12 God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?
11 God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
13 Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.
12 If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
14 And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.
13 He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
15 Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.
14 Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
16 He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.
15 He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
17 His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.
16 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
18 I will confess to the Lord according to his justice, and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord Most High.
17 I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
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Cush
A Benjamite named in the title of Psalm 7, which David sang to the LORD concerning his words.
Cited in the guide: Psalm 7:1
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Psalm 31:15; Habakkuk 3:1; 1 Peter 4:19; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 35:1–3
- 2 Psalm 31:15; Habakkuk 3:1; 1 Peter 4:19; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 35:1–3
- 3 Psalm 50:22; 2 Timothy 4:17; Isaiah 38:13; 1 Peter 5:8; Deuteronomy 33:20
- 4 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 26:18–19; Psalm 59:3; Job 11:14; Joshua 22:22
- 5 1 Samuel 24:17–19; Psalm 55:20; Jeremiah 18:20–21; Psalm 109:5; 1 Samuel 24:7
- 6 Malachi 4:3; Psalm 44:5; Psalm 49:12; Jeremiah 17:13; Psalm 3:2
- 7 Psalm 35:23; Psalm 44:23; Isaiah 33:10; Psalm 3:7; Psalm 138:7
- 8 Revelation 19:2; Revelation 18:20; Revelation 16:5–7; Psalm 138:6; Psalm 113:5–6
- 9 Psalm 96:13; Romans 14:10–12; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Psalm 43:1; Psalm 98:9
- 10 Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 20:12; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Samuel 16:7
- 11 Psalm 125:4; Psalm 84:11; Genesis 15:1; Proverbs 28:18; Proverbs 2:21
- 12 Nahum 1:2; Nahum 1:6; Psalm 7:8; Psalm 94:15; Psalm 140:12–13
- 13 Acts 3:19; Matthew 3:10; Isaiah 55:6–7; Deuteronomy 32:41; Psalm 85:4
- 14 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Habakkuk 3:13; Revelation 6:10; Revelation 16:6; Psalm 64:7
- 15 Job 15:35; James 1:15; Isaiah 33:11; Job 15:20; Isaiah 59:4–5
- 16 Job 4:8; Psalm 141:10; Proverbs 26:27; Ecclesiastes 10:8–9; Psalm 35:7–8
- 17 Esther 9:25; Psalm 37:12–13; 1 Kings 2:32; 1 Samuel 28:19; 1 Samuel 24:12–13
- 18 Psalm 9:2; Psalm 98:2; Psalm 71:15–16; Psalm 111:3; Psalm 92:8
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Now the story which gave occasion to this prophecy may be easily recognised in the second book of Kings. For there Chusi, the friend of king David, went over to the side of Abessalon, his son, who was carrying on war against his father, for the purpose of discovering and reporting the designs which he was taking against his father, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But that it belongs to God only to know men's secrets, hear what saith the prophet, "Thou most entirely alone knowest the hearts;" and again, "God trieth the hearts and reins; " and Jeremiah too saith, "The heart is deep above all things, and it is man, and who shall know him?" and, "Man shall look on the face, but …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… for a faithful man it is hard to find: not that thou shouldest shew thy conscience to me, for thou art not to be judged of man's judgment; but that thou shew the sincerity of thy faith to God, who trieth the reins and hearts, and knoweth the thoughts of men.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)