# Psalm 7 ## Psalm 7:1 - [KJV] O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: - [ASV] O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me, - [YLT] O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me. ### Notes on Psalm 7:1 - ## Psalm 7:2 - [KJV] Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending *it* in pieces, while *there is* none to deliver. - [ASV] Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. - [YLT] Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer. ### Notes on Psalm 7:2 - ## Psalm 7:3 - [KJV] O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; - [ASV] O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands; - [YLT] O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands, ### Notes on Psalm 7:3 - ## Psalm 7:4 - [KJV] If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) - [ASV] If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;) - [YLT] If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause, ### Notes on Psalm 7:4 - ## Psalm 7:5 - [KJV] Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take *it*; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. - [ASV] 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* - [YLT] An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 7:5 - ## Psalm 7:6 - [KJV] Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me *to* the judgment *that* thou hast commanded. - [ASV] Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment. - [YLT] Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded: ### Notes on Psalm 7:6 - ## Psalm 7:7 - [KJV] So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. - [ASV] And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high. - [YLT] And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back, ### Notes on Psalm 7:7 - ## Psalm 7:8 - [KJV] The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity *that is* in me. - [ASV] Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me. - [YLT] Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me, ### Notes on Psalm 7:8 - ## Psalm 7:9 - [KJV] Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. - [ASV] O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Psalm 7:9 - ## Psalm 7:10 - [KJV] My defence *is* of God, which saveth the upright in heart. - [ASV] My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart. - [YLT] My shield *is* on God, Saviour of the upright in heart! ### Notes on Psalm 7:10 - ## Psalm 7:11 - [KJV] God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry *with the wicked* every day. - [ASV] God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day. - [YLT] God *is* a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times. ### Notes on Psalm 7:11 - ## Psalm 7:12 - [KJV] If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. - [ASV] If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready. - [YLT] If *one* turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden -- He prepareth it, ### Notes on Psalm 7:12 - ## Psalm 7:13 - [KJV] He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. - [ASV] He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery *shafts*. - [YLT] Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh. ### Notes on Psalm 7:13 - ## Psalm 7:14 - [KJV] Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. - [ASV] Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. - [YLT] Lo, he travaileth *with* iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood. ### Notes on Psalm 7:14 - ## Psalm 7:15 - [KJV] He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch *which* he made. - [ASV] He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made. - [YLT] A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh. ### Notes on Psalm 7:15 - ## Psalm 7:16 - [KJV] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. - [ASV] His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate. - [YLT] Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down. ### Notes on Psalm 7:16 - ## Psalm 7:17 - [KJV] I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. - [ASV] I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High. - [YLT] I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High! ### Notes on Psalm 7:17 -