1 Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite. Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me; 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer. 3 Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;) 5 Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take [it], and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. 6 Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment. 7 And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high. 8 Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me. 9 Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God. 10 My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart. 11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant all the day. 12 If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready, 13 And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood: 15 He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate. 17 I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.
Psalm 7 Darby Translation
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
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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 (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 31:15; Habakkuk 3:1; 1 Peter 4:19; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 35:1–3
- 2 Psalm 50:22; 2 Timothy 4:17; Isaiah 38:13; 1 Peter 5:8; Deuteronomy 33:20
- 3 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 26:18–19; Psalm 59:3; Job 11:14; Joshua 22:22
- 4 1 Samuel 24:17–19; Psalm 55:20; Jeremiah 18:20–21; Psalm 109:5; 1 Samuel 24:7
- 5 Malachi 4:3; Psalm 44:5; Psalm 49:12; Jeremiah 17:13; Psalm 3:2
- 6 Psalm 35:23; Psalm 44:23; Isaiah 33:10; Psalm 3:7; Psalm 138:7
- 7 Revelation 19:2; Revelation 18:20; Revelation 16:5–7; Psalm 138:6; Psalm 113:5–6
- 8 Psalm 96:13; Romans 14:10–12; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Psalm 43:1; Psalm 98:9
- 9 Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 20:12; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Samuel 16:7
- 10 Psalm 125:4; Psalm 84:11; Genesis 15:1; Proverbs 28:18; Proverbs 2:21
- 11 Nahum 1:2; Nahum 1:6; Psalm 7:8; Psalm 94:15; Psalm 140:12–13
- 12 Acts 3:19; Matthew 3:10; Isaiah 55:6–7; Deuteronomy 32:41; Psalm 85:4
- 13 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Habakkuk 3:13; Revelation 6:10; Revelation 16:6; Psalm 64:7
- 14 Job 15:35; James 1:15; Isaiah 33:11; Job 15:20; Isaiah 59:4–5
- 15 Job 4:8; Psalm 141:10; Proverbs 26:27; Ecclesiastes 10:8–9; Psalm 35:7–8
- 16 Esther 9:25; Psalm 37:12–13; 1 Kings 2:32; 1 Samuel 28:19; 1 Samuel 24:12–13
- 17 Psalm 9:2; Psalm 98:2; Psalm 71:15–16; Psalm 111:3; Psalm 92:8
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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)