Would you like to know the teachings of Psalm 7? Don’t miss this beautiful psalm about God’s justice, which always shows up sooner or later.
Psalm 7 KJV
We live in a world where injustice often reigns over love and justice, with the righteous submitting to the power of the wicked, who act only to aggrandize themselves. In Psalm 7 of the Bible we will see how the righteous will prevail over the wicked and peace will reign in the world.
As believers, we Christians know that God is love in its totality and that love is the only true path to follow. This is why we act according to the Word of the Lord and dedicate all our actions to Him.
As always, we want your reading and reflection of Psalm 7 to be as deep and profitable as possible, so we recommend you to find a quiet and comfortable place that makes you feel God closer to you.
Let’s take a look at Psalm 7 of the King James Version Bible!
Psalm 7 complete in audio
Listening is what makes us learn the most throughout our lives and that is why it is so important to be attentive to everything that reaches our ears. At Your Bible Online we are aware of this so we leave you with the complete Psalm 7 in audio at the following link!
Psalm 7 of the Bible in English and large print
Now that you have prepared your mind and heart to receive the Word of God, we leave you the complete text in English and large print so that you can read it as many times as you want, at your own pace and without any hurry. It is Psalm 7 in KJV version, the best translation of the Bible we have found.
1 O LORD my God, in thee have I trusted;
Save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me,
2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion,
And I’ll be torn to pieces with no one to spare me.
3 Jehovah my God, if I have done this,
If there is iniquity in my hands;
4 If I have given a bad payment to the one who was at peace with me
(I have formerly delivered him who without cause was my enemy),
5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;
I grounded my life,
And my honor put in the dust. Selah
6 Arise, O Jehovah, in your wrath;
Rise up against the fury of my anguish,
And awaken in my favor the judgment you sent.
7 A congregation of peoples will surround you,
And on it sit upright again.
8 Jehovah will judge the peoples;
Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
And in accordance with my integrity.
9 Let the wickedness of the wicked now perish, but establish thou the righteous;
For the righteous God tests the mind and the heart.
10 My shield is in God,
Who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a just judge,
And God is angry with the wicked every day.
12 If he does not repent, he will sharpen his sword;
He has already armed his bow, and has prepared it.
13 He has also prepared weapons of death,
And he has carved fiery arrows.
14 Behold, the wicked conceived wickedness,
It was pregnant with iniquity,
And it gave birth to deception.
15 He has dug a well and deepened it;
And into the hole he made he will fall.
16 His iniquity shall return upon his head,
And his grievance shall fall upon his own crown.
17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness,
And I will sing to the name of Jehovah the Most High.
Meaning of Psalm 7 and commentary
In this Psalm 7, David wants to reassure his people by showing how good must prevail over evil, since it is God who acts as judge in the world. There is no being more powerful than Our Lord and that is why evil cannot triumph. God is love and with this the world will live.
After this brief summary and introduction of the psalm, we will analyze the message of the text in blocks.
- Part I: A Plea to the Lord (verses 1-5)
In this first part of the psalm, David puts us in the situation. His persecutors want to end his life and both he and his people are disheartened and fear the worst. It is in these difficult times that we must trust God and place ourselves in his hands as David does with this prayer.
Although David always acted in accordance with the Word of God and even freed some of his enemies as he explains in verse 4, he is aware that the last word is the Lord’s and that it is He who will judge his actions and decide his future. This is why he does not hesitate to place himself in God’s hands, entrusting himself to His righteous judgment.
Such is his awareness of divine justice that he even mentions the possibility that the enemies might be the ones to win, since he does not want to be the one to impose himself on God’s will. We see this in verse 5:
“Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;
I grounded my life,
And my honor put in the dust. Selah”
We can also observe that the verse ends with the word “Selah”, which means “stop and listen”, emphasizing this verse and emphasizing its great depth. Let us also stop and think about whether our trust in God is similar to David’s and whether we would be able to trust the Lord in the most difficult moments.
- Part II: God judges righteously (verses 6-13)
In this second part, David asks God to intercede and use his infinite power to judge the conflict properly. David has already made his case to God and now trusts that justice will be done as it should be.
As we see in verse 8, David wants to be judged and corrected by God just like the rest of the people in the world. We must seek repentance and forgiveness in the Lord and recover the right course of our lives when we go astray. This is verse 8:
“Jehovah will judge the peoples;
Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
And in accordance with my integrity.”
At the end of this part, the prophet shows us how good will prevail over evil because God wills it. Christians believe in a God who is love and therefore is good by nature. We will be protected from evil and although sometimes it may not seem so, the Lord is always at our side watching over us.
- Part III: The sentence for the wicked (verses 14-17)
Those who act wickedly are destined to fail and to live in unhappiness. The path of evil leads now here and so David explains it to us in this last part of Psalm 7.
A great summary of all this is found in verse 15, which remains engraved in our minds so that we will never forget how we should act. We leave you here the verse in question:
“Pozo has dug, and he has deepened it;
And into the hole he made he will fall.”
The success of the wicked is ephemeral and fleeting and in no way comparable to the happiness of a life at the Lord’s side. Let us praise the Lord for all that he has given us and is giving us.
Contextualization of Psalm 7
What did you think of Psalm 7 of the Bible? We believe that it is one of the most beautiful psalms we can read and that the power of its words is unmatched. In the following, we will analyze this psalm in detail and give you a guide for further reflection.
Although on many occasions it may seem to us that we live in a cruel world full of injustice, we should not overlook the great number of actions that are done with kindness and solidarity. Our human nature tends to focus more on the negative and forget about the positive.
This is the theme we will find in the precious words of Psalm 7. It was written to alleviate the fear of the faithful, who saw evil overcoming good. To understand the message that this beautiful psalm brings to the world, we have lovingly prepared this article with everything you need to understand it.
Psalms are short texts of poetic structure found in the Bible, specifically in the Book of Psalms of the Old Testament. Most of the psalms were written by King David, who was one of the most important prophets in the history of Christianity. David, before becoming king, was persecuted along with his people by those who sought their destruction and he wrote all these psalms to encourage his followers and give them the necessary knowledge about God and his Word.
The objective of the psalms is didactic and their comforting messages are ideal for reading in times of anxiety or doubt, to reinforce our trust in God. For this reason, the main themes dealt with are the contrast between good and evil and to give guidelines for conduct in accordance with the Word of God.
More information on Psalm 7
As a curiosity, we highlight that in verses 12 and 13 we find a metaphor of bows and arrows to designate the repressive action of the Lord towards the wicked. This metaphor appears 15 times in the Book of Psalms and almost always with the same function. We must remember that these texts were written more than 2000 years ago and that at that time armed conflicts were common to solve problems.
There is not much extra information on Psalm 7, so to end this article we leave you with this beautiful musical version of the psalm in English. We hope you will be delighted with these beautiful voices and that you will even dare to sing along with them.
For our part this is all with respect to Psalm 7 of the Bible. We hope with all our strength that you have learned many things from this precious text and that you have had a good time of reflection and prayer with your loved ones.
See you in the next article!