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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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section: 34 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 34. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/34/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 34. Psalm 7

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[¶0] Shiggaion of David, which he sung to Jehovah, upon the words of Cush the Benjamite

[¶1] 1 O Jehovah, my God! in thee do I trust: Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

[¶2] 2 Lest He seize, as a lion, upon my soul, And tear it in pieces while there is none to deliver it.

[¶3] 3 O Jehovah, my God! if I have done this, If there be iniquity in my hands,

[¶4] 4 If I have rewarded to him that was at peace with me evil, And have not delivered him that afflicted me without cause;

[¶5] 5 Pursue let the enemy my soul and take it, And let him cast down to the earth my life, And my glory in the dust let him hold down. Selah

[¶6] 6 Arise, O Jehovah! in thy anger; Lift up thyself against the fury of my enemies; And awake thou for me to the judgment which thou hast ordained.

[¶7] 7 And the congregation of peoples shall be round about thee: And on account of this, do thou on high return.

[¶8] 8 Jehovah shall judge the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah! according to my righteousness, And according to the integrity which is in me.

[¶9] 9 Let come to an end, I pray, the malice of the wicked; And direct thou the righteous man: For he proves the hearts and the reins, the righteous God.

[¶10] 10 My shield is in God, Who saves the upright in heart.

[¶11] 11 God judgeth the righteous man, And him who despiseth God, daily.

[¶12] 12 If he turn not, his sword he will whet; His bow he hath bent, he hath made it ready.

[¶13] 13 And for it he hath prepared the instruments of death; He shall make fit his arrows for the persecutors.

[¶14] 14 Behold! he shall travail to bring forth iniquity, And he hath conceived wickedness, And he shall bring forth falsehood.

[¶15] 15 A pit he hath digged, and hollowed it out; And he hath fallen into the ditch which he hath made.

[¶16] 16 Return shall his wickedness upon his own head, And upon his own crown his violence shall descend.

[¶17] 17 I will praise Jehovah, according to his righteousness; And I will sing to the name of Jehovah, Most High.