{"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/web/psalms/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:04:53.388Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High. For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 7 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 7](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/7 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}