1Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite. 2\7:1\O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free; 3\7:2\So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour. 4\7:3\O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong; 5\7:4\If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause; 6\7:5\Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.) 7\7:6\Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging. 8\7:7\The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high. 9\7:8\The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward. 10\7:9\O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness. 11\7:10\God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate. 12\7:11\God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day. 13\7:12\If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready. 14\7:13\He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire. 15\7:14\That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit. 16\7:15\He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made 17\7:16\His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head. 18\7:17\I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.