{"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/erv/psalms/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T07:22:24.497Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 unto the LORD; concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary:)"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries: and awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about: and over them return thou on high."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The LORD ministereth judgment to the peoples: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"My shield is with God, which saveth the upright in heart."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"God is a righteous judge, yea, a God that hath indignation every day."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he maketh his arrows fiery shafts."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He hath made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which 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 give thanks unto the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 7 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 7](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/7 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}