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Psalms 7

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1A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite. Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, ✦ 2lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver. ✦ 3Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, ✦ 4if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary), ✦ 5let 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. ✦ 6Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment. ✦ 7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high. ✦ 8Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me. ✦ 9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God. ✦ 10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. ✦ 11God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day. ✦ 12If a man doesn’t relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow. ✦ 13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows. ✦ 14Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood. ✦ 15He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made. ✦ 16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head. ✦ 17I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 35 ·71 Sam 24 ·6Ps 18 ·51 Sam 26 ·5Ps 9 ·4Ps 11 ·4Ps 17 ·4Ps 26 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 7David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 7Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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