## Psalms Chapter 7

###### Psalms 7:1
[Psalms 7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:1)

שִׁגָּי֗וֹן לְדָ֫וִ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֥ר לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה עַל־דִּבְרֵי־כ֝֗וּשׁ בֶּן־יְמִינִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Shiggayon of David, which he sang to the Lord, concerning the words of Kush the Benyeminite.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A shigayon ["mistake"] of David, which he sang to the L rd concerning Kush [Saul] the son of Yemini. [(David here acknowledges that he was "mistaken" in asking the L rd to be delivered into the hand of his foe in requital of his offenses against Saul [viz. Sanhedrin 95a])]


###### Psalms 7:2
[Psalms 7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:2)

יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי בְּךָ֣ חָסִ֑יתִי הוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נִי מִכׇּל־רֹ֝דְפַ֗י וְהַצִּילֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord my God, in Thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, my G d; I have taken refuge in You. Help me against all my pursuers and save me.


###### Psalms 7:3
[Psalms 7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:3)

פֶּן־יִטְרֹ֣ף כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י פֹּ֝רֵ֗ק וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Lest he tear my soul as a lion; lest he break me and there be none to save me.


###### Psalms 7:4
[Psalms 7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:4)

יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי אִם־עָשִׂ֣יתִי זֹ֑את אִֽם־יֶשׁ־עָ֥וֶל בְּכַפָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, my G d, if I did this [(what follows)], if there is wrong in my hands,


###### Psalms 7:5
[Psalms 7:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:5)

אִם־גָּ֭מַלְתִּי שֽׁוֹלְמִ֥י רָ֑ע וָאֲחַלְּצָ֖ה צֽוֹרְרִ֣י רֵיקָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
if I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed, I have rescued him that without cause is my enemy:)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If I repaid the man of my peace [(Saul, being at peace with me)], with evil, and stripped my foe (of his garment) for naught — [(I cut off the edge of his tunic to show him that I could have killed him and did not! [viz. I Samuel 24:4])] —


###### Psalms 7:6
[Psalms 7:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:6)

יִ֥רַדֹּֽף־אוֹיֵ֨ב**׀** נַפְשִׁ֡י וְיַשֵּׂ֗ג וְיִרְמֹ֣ס לָאָ֣רֶץ חַיָּ֑י וּכְבוֹדִ֓י**׀** לֶעָפָ֖ר יַשְׁכֵּ֣ן סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my honour in the dust. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then let the foe [Yishbi in Nov (II Samuel 21:16)] pursue my soul and overtake me, and let him trample me to the earth all of my days, and [let him lower] my honor, so that it reside forever in the dust.


###### Psalms 7:7
[Psalms 7:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:7)

ק֘וּמָ֤ה יְהֹוָ֨ה**׀** בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ הִ֭נָּשֵׂא בְּעַבְר֣וֹת צוֹרְרָ֑י וְע֥וּרָה אֵ֝לַ֗י מִשְׁפָּ֥ט צִוִּֽיתָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Arise, O Lord, in Thy anger, lift up Thyself against the fury of my enemies: and awake for me: Thou hast commanded judgment.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Arise, O L rd, in Your wrath [(against my foes, such as Yishbi, etc., that I not be delivered into their hands)], be exalted by [executing] Your wrath against my foes, and awaken in me [the strength to execute] the judgment that You have commanded.


###### Psalms 7:8
[Psalms 7:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:8)

וַעֲדַ֣ת לְ֭אֻמִּים תְּסֽוֹבְבֶ֑ךָּ וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ לַמָּר֥וֹם שֽׁוּבָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let the congregation of the peoples compass Thee about: and for their sakes return Thou on high.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And if a congregation of nations [i.e., idolators] surround You [(imploring Your aid, pay them no heed, but)] return [to Your place] on high.


###### Psalms 7:9
[Psalms 7:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:9)

יְהֹוָה֮ יָדִ֢ין עַ֫מִּ֥ים שׇׁפְטֵ֥נִי יְהֹוָ֑ה כְּצִדְקִ֖י וּכְתֻמִּ֣י עָלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity that is in me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, judge the peoples [with the afflictions intended for me.] Judge me [i.e., Israel], O L rd, according to my righteousness [i.e., my righteous acts] and according to the innocence that is upon me.


###### Psalms 7:10
[Psalms 7:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:10)

יִגְמׇר־נָ֬א רַ֨ע**׀** רְשָׁעִים֮ וּתְכוֹנֵ֢ן צַ֫דִּ֥יק וּבֹחֵ֣ן לִ֭בּוֹת וּכְלָי֗וֹת אֱלֹהִ֥ים צַדִּֽיק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and reins.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let their evil put an end to the evildoers, and establish the righteous one, searching [and knowing, as You do,] the hearts and reins [of men] — G d is "the Righteous One" [(and He knows who is righteous and who is not)].


###### Psalms 7:11
[Psalms 7:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:11)

מָגִנִּ֥י עַל־אֱלֹהִ֑ים מ֝וֹשִׁ֗יעַ יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My defence is of God, who saves the upright in heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My defense is in G d, for He helps the just of heart.


###### Psalms 7:12
[Psalms 7:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:12)

אֱ֭לֹהִים שׁוֹפֵ֣ט צַדִּ֑יק וְ֝אֵ֗ל זֹעֵ֥ם בְּכׇל־יֽוֹם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
God is a righteous judge; and a God who has indignation every day.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
G d is a righteous judge, and the Almighty waxes wroth every day [(when He sees the deeds of the wicked)].


###### Psalms 7:13
[Psalms 7:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:13)

אִם־לֹ֣א יָ֭שׁוּב חַרְבּ֣וֹ יִלְט֑וֹשׁ קַשְׁתּ֥וֹ דָ֝רַ֗ךְ וַֽיְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If a man does not turn, then he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If he [the wicked one] does not repent, He will whet His sword; He will tread His bow and ready it.


###### Psalms 7:14
[Psalms 7:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:14)

וְ֭לוֹ הֵכִ֣ין כְּלֵי־מָ֑וֶת חִ֝צָּ֗יו לְֽדֹלְקִ֥ים יִפְעָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he makes arrows for the pursuers.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He has prepared for him the instruments of death. His arrows for the pursuers [of the righteous] has He wrought.


###### Psalms 7:15
[Psalms 7:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:15)

הִנֵּ֥ה יְחַבֶּל־אָ֑וֶן וְהָרָ֥ה עָ֝מָ֗ל וְיָ֣לַד שָֽׁקֶר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brings forth falsehood.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He [the wicked one] labors in wickedness, and conceives wrong, and begets falsehood [i.e., he is betrayed by his own creations].


###### Psalms 7:16
[Psalms 7:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:16)

בּ֣וֹר כָּ֭רָה וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּ וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗ל בְּשַׁ֣חַת יִפְעָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has made a pit, and has dug it out, and has fallen into the ditch which he made.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The pit that he dug, that he excavated [for another] — he [himself] will fall into the pit that he has made.


###### Psalms 7:17
[Psalms 7:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:17)

יָשׁ֣וּב עֲמָל֣וֹ בְרֹאשׁ֑וֹ וְעַ֥ל קׇ֝דְקֳד֗וֹ חֲמָס֥וֹ יֵרֵֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His wrong will return to his head; his violence will descend upon his pate.


###### Psalms 7:18
[Psalms 7:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/7:18)

אוֹדֶ֣ה יְהֹוָ֣ה כְּצִדְק֑וֹ וַ֝אֲזַמְּרָ֗ה שֵֽׁם־יְהֹוָ֥ה עֶלְיֽוֹן׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall praise the L rd when [he executes] His righteousness [i.e., His judgment against the wicked], and I will sing the name of the L rd, the Most High.