Psalms 7
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
6Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
11God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30688× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4305× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אִםʼimH5184× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- כּוּןkûwnH35593× in this chapter
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
- צַדִּיקtsaddîyqH66623× in this chapter
just
- שׁוּבshûwbH77253× in this chapter
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
- בֶּן־יְמִינִיBen-yᵉmîynîyH11452× in this chapter
a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻH34672× in this chapter
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- נָצַלnâtsalH53372× in this chapter
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- עָמָלʻâmâlH59992× in this chapter
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
- פָּעַלpâʻalH64662× in this chapter
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
- צֶדֶקtsedeqH66642× in this chapter
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
- צָרַרtsârarH68872× in this chapter
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
- רָדַףrâdaphH72912× in this chapter
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
- רַעraʻH74512× in this chapter
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- שָׁפַטshâphaṭH81992× in this chapter
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
- גָּמַלgâmalH15801× in this chapter
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
- גָּמַרgâmarH15841× in this chapter
to end (in the sense of completion or failure)
- דָּבָרdâbârH16971× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- דִּיןdîynH17771× in this chapter
a straight course, i.e. sail direct
- דָּלַקdâlaqH18141× in this chapter
to flame (literally or figuratively)
- דָּרַךְdârakH18691× in this chapter
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20091× in this chapter
lo!
- הָרָהhârâhH20291× in this chapter
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
- אָוֶןʼâvenH2051× in this chapter
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
- זֹאתzôʼthH20631× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- זָמַרzâmarH21671× in this chapter
play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
- זָעַםzâʻamH21941× in this chapter
properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged
- חָבַלchâbalH22541× in this chapter
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- חָלַץchâlatsH25021× in this chapter
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
- חָמָסchâmâçH25551× in this chapter
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
- חָסָהchâçâhH26201× in this chapter
to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in
- חָפַרchâpharH26581× in this chapter
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
- חֵץchêtsH26711× in this chapter
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
- חֶרֶבcherebH27191× in this chapter
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement