Focused Passage

Psalms 7:3-5

The Righteous Judge: Refuge, Vindication, and the Wickedness That Returns on Itself

Refuge -> self-examination -> judicial appeal -> heart-searching confidence -> warning to the unrepentant -> wickedness reversed -> thanksgiving

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

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References and Original Words

Verse 3

Cross-references

Psalms 139:24Classic cross-references 1 John 3:21Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 24:11Classic cross-references Acts 25:11Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 26:18Classic cross-references

Original words

O LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularmy Godאֱ֭לֹהַיH430Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularifאִם־H518ConjunctionI have doneעָשִׂ֣יתִיH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularthisזֹ֑אתH2063Pronoun - feminine singularifאִֽם־H518Conjunctioninjusticeעָ֥וֶלH5766Noun - masculine singularisיֶשׁ־H3426Adverbon my handsבְּכַפָּֽי׃H3709Preposition-b | Noun - feminine dual construct | first person common singular

Verse 4

Cross-references

Psalms 25:3Classic cross-references Matthew 5:44Classic cross-references Psalms 17:3Classic cross-references Luke 6:27Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 24:17Classic cross-references

Original words

ifאִם־H518ConjunctionI have rewardedגָּ֭מַלְתִּיH1580Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularmy allyשֽׁוֹלְמִ֥יH7999Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singularwith evilרָ֑עH7451Adjective - masculine singularif I have plunderedוָאֲחַלְּצָ֖הH2502Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singularmy foeצוֹרְרִ֣יH6887Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singularwithout causeרֵיקָֽם׃H7387Adverb

BSB notes

Hebrew the one at peace with me

Verse 5

Cross-references

Psalms 143:3Classic cross-references Job 16:15Classic cross-references Malachi 4:3Classic cross-references Jeremiah 17:13Classic cross-references Psalms 3:2Classic cross-references

Original words

then may my enemyאוֹיֵ֨ב׀H341Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularpursue meיִֽרַדֹּ֥ףH7291Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularand overtakeוְיַשֵּׂ֗גH5381Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singularmeנַפְשִׁ֡יH5315Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularmay he trampleוְיִרְמֹ֣סH7429Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singularmeחַיָּ֑יH2416Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularto the groundלָאָ֣רֶץH776Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singularand leaveיַשְׁכֵּ֣ןH7931Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singularmy honorוּכְבוֹדִ֓י׀H3519Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularin the dustלֶעָפָ֖רH6083Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularSelahסֶֽלָה׃H5542Interjection

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