{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:41:57.559Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{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;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant all the day."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 7 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 7](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/7 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}