Psalm 7-8 (NIV84)

Psalm 7

A shiggaion^[a] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

¹ O LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

² or they will tear me like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

³ O LORD my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands-

⁴ if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me
or without cause have robbed my foe-

⁵ then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
let him trample my life to the ground
and make me sleep in the dust.
Selah

⁶ Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.

⁷ Let the assembled peoples gather around you.
Rule over them from on high;

⁸ let the LORD judge the peoples.
Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.

⁹ O righteous God,
who searches minds and hearts,
bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure.

¹⁰ My shield ^[b] is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.

¹¹ God is a righteous judge,
a God who expresses his wrath every day.

¹² If he does not relent,
he ^[c] will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.

¹³ He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.

¹⁴ He who is pregnant with evil
and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.

¹⁵ He who digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit he has made.

¹⁶ The trouble he causes recoils on himself;
his violence comes down on his own head.

¹⁷ I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness
and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Psalm 8

For the director of music. According to gittith ^[d].

A psalm of David.

¹ O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens.

² From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise ^[e]
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.

³ When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

⁴ what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?

⁵ You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings ^[f]
and crowned him with glory and honor.

⁶ You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:

⁷ all flocks and herds,
and the beasts of the field,

⁸ the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹ O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 7:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
2. Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign
3. Psalm 7:12 Or If a man does not repent, / God
4. Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term
5. Psalm 8:2 Or strength
6. Psalm 8:5 Or than God