1 Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυὶδ, ὃν ᾖσε τῷ Κυρίῳ ὑπὲρ τῶν λόγων Χουσὶ υἱοῦ Ἰεμενεί. 2 Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου, ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα, σῶσόν με ἐκ πάντων τῶν διωκόντων με, καὶ ῥῦσαί με, 3 μή ποτε ἁρπάσῃ ὡς λέων τὴν ψυχήν μου, μὴ ὄντος λυτρουμένου, μηδὲ σώζοντος. 4 Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου, εἰ ἐποίησα τοῦτο, εἰ ἔστιν ἀδικία ἐν χερσί μου, 5 εἰ ἀνταπέδωκα τοῖς ἀνταποδιδοῦσί μοι κακὰ, ἀποπέσοιμι ἄρα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου κενός· 6 Καταδιώξαι ὁ ἐχθρὸς τὴν ψυχήν μου καὶ καταλάβοι, καὶ καταπατήσαι εἰς γῆν τὴν ζωήν μου, καὶ τὴν δόξαν μου εἰς χοῦν κατασκηνώσαι· διάψαλμα. 7 Ἀνάστηθι Κύριε ἐν ὀργῇ σου, ὑψώθητι ἐν τοῖς πέρασι τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου· ἐξεγέρθητι Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου ἐν προστάγματι ᾧ ἐνετείλω, 8 καὶ συναγωγὴ λαῶν κυκλώσει σε· καὶ ὑπὲρ ταύτης εἰς ὕψος ἐπίστρεψον. 9 Κύριος κρινεῖ λαούς· κρίνον με Κύριε κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου, καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀκακίαν μου ἐπʼ ἐμοί. 10 Συντελεσθήτω δὴ πονηρία ἁμαρτωλῶν, καὶ κατευθυνεῖς δίκαιον, ἐτάζων καρδίας καὶ νεφροὺς ὁ Θεός. 11 Δικαία ἡ βοήθειά μου παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ σώζοντος τοὺς εὐθεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ. 12 Ὁ Θεὸς κριτὴς δίκαιος, καὶ ἰσχυρὸς, καὶ μακρόθυμος, μὴ ὀργὴν ἐπάγων καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν. 13 Ἐὰν μὴ ἐπιστραφῆτε, τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ στιλβώσει, τὸ τόξον αὐτοῦ ἐνέτεινε, καὶ ἡτοίμασεν αὐτό. 14 Καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ ἡτοίμασε σκεύη θανάτου, τὰ βέλη αὐτοῦ τοῖς καιομένοις ἐξειργάσατο. 15 Ἰδοὺ ὠδίνησεν ἀδικίαν, συνέλαβε πόνον, καὶ ἔτεκεν ἀνομίαν. 16 Λάκκον ὤρυξε καὶ ἀνέσκαψεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς βόθρον ὃν εἰργάσατο. 17 Ἐπιστρέψει ὁ πόνος αὐτοῦ εἰς κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ κορυφὴν αὐτοῦ ἡ ἀδικία αὐτοῦ καταβήσεται. 18 Ἐξομολογήσομαι Κυρίῳ κατὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ, ψαλῶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου τοῦ ὑψίστου.
Psalms · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Psalm 7 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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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 LXX.
- 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
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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)