Commentary on Psalms - Volume 5

Shiggaion of David, which he sung to Jehovah, upon the words
of Cush the Benjamite

1O Jehovah, my God! in thee do I trust: Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

2Lest He seize, as a lion, upon my soul, And tear it in pieces while there is none to deliver it.

3O Jehovah, my God! if I have done this, If there be iniquity in my hands,

4If I have rewarded to him that was at peace with me evil, And have not delivered him that afflicted me without cause;

5Pursue let the enemy my soul and take it, And let him cast down to the earth my life, And my glory in the dust let him hold down. Selah

6Arise, O Jehovah! in thy anger; Lift up thyself against the fury of my enemies; And awake thou for me to the judgment which thou hast ordained.

7And the congregation of peoples shall be round about thee: And on account of this, do thou on high return.

8Jehovah shall judge the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah! according to my righteousness, And according to the integrity which is in me.

9Let come to an end, I pray, the malice of the wicked; And direct thou the righteous man: For he proves the hearts and the reins, the righteous God.

10My shield is in God, Who saves the upright in heart.

11God judgeth the righteous man, And him who despiseth God, daily.

12If he turn not, his sword he will whet; His bow he hath bent, he hath made it ready.

13And for it he hath prepared the instruments of death; He shall make fit his arrows for the persecutors.

14Behold! he shall travail to bring forth iniquity, And he hath conceived wickedness, And he shall bring forth falsehood.

15A pit he hath digged, and hollowed it out; And he hath fallen into the ditch which he hath made.

16Return shall his wickedness upon his own head, And upon his own crown his violence shall descend.

17I will praise Jehovah, according to his righteousness; And I will sing to the name of Jehovah, Most High.