{"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/ylt/psalms/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:27:50.141Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"'The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"My shield is on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"God is a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"If one turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden — He prepareth it,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Lo, he travaileth with iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 7 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 7](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/7 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}