7 (Shiggayon of Dovid, which he sang unto Hashem, regarding Kush of Binyamin) Hashem Elohai, in Thee do I seek refuge; hoshieini (save me) from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;

^2 (3) Lest he tear my nefesh like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to rescue.

^3 (4) Hashem Elohai, if I have done this; if there be guilt in my hands;

^4 (5) If I have recompensed with evil him that held out shalom unto me; or, without cause plundered my opposers,

^5 (6) Then let the enemy persecute my nefesh, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay mine kavod to sleep in the dust. Selah.

^6 (7) Arise, Hashem, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself because of the rage of mine enemies; awake, o my El, to the mishpat Thou hast decreed.

^7 (8) So let the Adat l’Umim surround Thee; and over it return Thou on high [to judge].

^8 (9) Hashem shall judge the people; judge me, Hashem, according to my tzedek, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

^9 (10) Oh let the wickedness of the resha’im come to an end; but make the tzaddik secure; for the Elohim Tzaddik trieth the minds and hearts.

^10 (11) My mogen (shield) is Elohim, Moshi’a of the upright in heart.

^11 (12) Elohim is a Shofet Tzaddik, and El expresses wrath kol yom.

^12 (13) If He relent not, He will sharpen His cherev; He hath bent His keshet (bow) and made it ready.

^13 (14) He hath also prepared for Him the instruments of mavet; He ordaineth His flaming khitzim (arrows).

^14 (15) Hinei, he [an evil person] travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived trouble, and brought forth falsehood.

^15 (16) He makes a pit, and digs it, and is fallen into the shachat (pit) which he made.

^16 (17) His trouble shall return upon his own rosh, and his chamas shall come down upon his own kodkod (crown of the head).

^17 (18) I will give thanks to Hashem according to His tzedek; and will sing praise to the Shem of Hashem Elyon.