The Bible Study - Psalms 7 "In You Do I Take Refuge"

The Bible Study

with guest

Rev. Ryan Fehrmann of Grace Lutheran Church in Paris, IL.

Psalms 7

Psalm 7^[a]

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

¹Lord my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
²or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

³Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands—
⁴if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause have robbed my foe—
⁵then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
let him trample my life to the ground
and make me sleep in the dust.^[c]

⁶Arise, Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
⁷Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.
⁸ Let the Lord judge the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,
according to my integrity, O Most High.
⁹Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure—
you, the righteous God
who probes minds and hearts.

¹⁰My shield^[d] is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.
¹¹God is a righteous judge,
a God who displays his wrath every day.
¹²If he does not relent,
he^[e] will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.
¹³He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.

¹⁴Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
¹⁵Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit they have made.
¹⁶The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.

¹⁷I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;
I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.