Psalm 7: why they read it, interpretation, text of prayer

Why read Psalm 7? What is the interpretation of the Psalm and what do its verses mean? You can listen online or read the text of the prayer Psalm 7 in Russian on our website.

1 Lord, my God! I trust in You; save me from all those who persecute me and deliver me,

2 Let not the enemy snatch away my soul like a lion, when there is neither one to deliver nor one to save.

3 Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

4 If I have repaid those who repay me with evil, then let me fall without strength from my enemies.

5 Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake me, and trample my life into the ground, and cast my glory into dust.

6 Arise, O Lord, in Thy wrath, rise above the borders of Thy enemies, and awaken, O Lord my God, according to the commandment which Thou hast commanded;

7 And the assembly of nations will surround you, and for their sake return to the heights!

8 The Lord will judge the nations; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my goodness in me.

9 Let the wickedness of sinners end, and let You guide the righteous, O God, who searches the hearts and reins, in righteousness.

10 My help comes from God, who saves the upright in heart.

11 God is a righteous judge, and mighty, and slow to anger, and does not bring wrath every day.

12 If you do not turn, He will polish His sword; He bent His bow and prepared it,

13 And with him He prepared instruments of death, He made His arrows for those who were burned.

14 Behold, the wicked in torments brought forth iniquity, conceived disaster, and gave birth to iniquity;

15 He dug a ditch and dug it out, and it fell into the pit that he had made.

16 His evil will return upon his head, and his iniquity will come upon his crown.

17 I will glorify the Lord according to His righteousness and will sing praises to the name of the Lord Most High.

Psalm that a person is sometimes subjected to unjust punishment and unjustified persecution

Reading the seventh Psalm is necessary for those who consider themselves right before God.
He who is confident that he is doing everything right, lives a righteous life, and does not sin. Some events that have occurred seem to people like punishment or retribution for some mistakes, but they are confident that they are right and cannot understand why what happened to them happened. David is also confident that he is acting in accordance with God's commandments. But he is not afraid to tell God to check whether this is really so. And when some discrepancy with God’s plan or His will is discovered in him, the king agrees to the changes. He repents of what he did wrong and corrects his behavior and life completely. It is important for him that his actions are consistent with God. You need to understand that bad events in the life of a person who completely relies on God are not accidental. They are necessary in order to teach something, change yourself and change some things in your life. Through trials, God tests a person to see whether his words are at odds with his actions, and whether he will exactly act as he says. Difficult times in life pursue a certain goal, the result of which will only be visible in the future.

KATHISMA THE SEVENTH

1 Finally, O sons of Korah, Psalm 46

2 All nations clasp your hands and shout to God with a voice of joy.
3 For the Lord Most High is awesome, a great King in all the earth. 4 Submit the people to us and the languages ​​under our feet: 5 choose for us your inheritance, the kindness of Jacob, which you will love. 6 God comes up with a shout, the Lord with a trumpet sound. 7 Sing to our God, sing, sing to our King, sing. 8 For God is the King of all the earth, sing sensibly. 9 God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. 10 The princes of mankind gathered together with God Abraham. For the powers of God on earth have risen greatly. 1 To the director of the choir.
Sons of Korah. Psalm. 2 Clap your hands, all nations, shout to God with a voice of joy; 3 For the Lord Most High is awesome, a great King over all the earth; 4 He brought nations and nations under our feet; 5 He chose for us our inheritance, the beauty of Jacob, whom he loved. 6 God rose up with shouting, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 7 Sing to our God, sing; sing to our King, sing, 8 for God is the King of all the earth; Sing everything wisely. 9 God reigned over the nations, God sat on His holy throne; 10 The princes of the nations gathered together to the people of the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth are God’s; He is exalted above them
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1 Psalm, songs of the sons of Korah, second Sabbath, 47

2 Great is the Lord and greatly praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holy ones. 3 With noble joy of the whole earth: the mountains of Zion, the ribs of the north, the city of the Great King. 4 We know God in his troubles, when he intervenes. 5 For behold, the king of the earth has gathered together and descended together. 6 When Ti saw this, she was surprised, confused, and moved. 7 I receive trembling: there are diseases like those that give birth. 8 With a stormy spirit you will destroy the ships of Tarshia. 9 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, God is the foundation and for ever. 10 We accept, O God, Your mercy in the midst of Your people. 11 Because of Your name, O God, Your praise is to the ends of the earth; Your right hand will fulfill righteousness. 12 Let Mount Zion rejoice, and let the daughters of Judah rejoice for your sake, O Lord. 13 Go through Zion and embrace it, lead it among its pillars. 14 Set your hearts on His strength and divide His houses, as the story is told in another generation. 15 For He is our God forever and ever, He will save us forever.

1 Song. Psalm. Sons of Korah. 2 Great is the Lord and highly praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain. 3 Beautiful height, the joy of the whole earth, Mount Zion; on the north side of it

city ​​of the great King. 4 God is known in his dwellings as an intercessor: 5 for behold, the kings came together and all passed by; 6 They saw and were amazed, they were embarrassed and fled; 7 Fear and pain seized them there, like women in childbirth; 8 With the east wind you destroyed the ships of Tarsh. 9 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. 10 We have meditated, O God, on Your goodness in the midst of Your temple. 11 As is Your name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. 12 Let Mount Zion rejoice, [and] let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of Thy judgments, [Lord]. 13 Go round about Zion, and compass it, and number its towers; 14 Turn your heart to his strongholds, consider his houses, to tell the story of the generation to come, 15 for this God is our God forever and ever: He will be our leader until death.

1 Finally, son of Korah, Psalm 48

2 Hear this, all the nations, teach all the inhabitants of the world: 3 And the earthly and the sons of mankind, the rich and the poor together. 4 My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the teaching of my heart shall be understanding. 5 I will incline my ear to a parable, I will open my prayer to the psalms. 6 How often am I afraid, on the day of fierceness? The iniquity of my heel shall pass me by. 7 Those who trust in their own strength and boast about the abundance of their riches, 8 will not a brother deliver, but will a man deliver? He will not give God treason for this, 9 and the price of the deliverance of his soul, and he will labor forever. 10 And he will live to the end, and will not see destruction. 11 When the wise see them die, the foolish and the foolish will perish and leave their wealth to strangers. 12 And destroy their dwellings forever, their villages from generation to generation, calling their names upon the lands. 13 And man, having no understanding of honour, was related to foolish cattle and became like them. 14 This way is their temptation, and they still delight in their mouth. 15 For the sheep are in hell; I will preserve death; and the rights of the morning shall be theirs, and their help shall be promised in hell, out of the glory of its depravity. 16 Otherwise God will deliver my soul from the hand of hell when He receives me. 17 Fear not, when a man becomes rich, or when the glory of his house increases: 18 Because when he dies, he will not take it all, but his glory will come down from him. 19 For his soul will be blessed in his belly: I will confess to You when You do good to him. 20 Even his father will go down to his generation, and will not see the light until he is born. 21 And man, having no understanding of honour, was likened to foolish cattle and became like them.

1 To the director of the choir. Sons of Korah. Psalm. 2 Hear this, all you nations; Heed this, all you who live in the universe, 3 both simple and noble, rich as well as poor. 4 My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditations of my heart knowledge. 5 I will incline my ear to a parable; on the harp I will reveal my riddle: 6 “Why should I be afraid in the days of trouble, when

will the iniquity of my ways surround me?”
7 Those who trust in their own strength and boast of the abundance of their riches! 8 A man will in no way redeem his brother and will not give God a ransom for him: 9 The price of redeeming their soul is dear, and it will never happen, 10 that anyone will live
forever and not see the grave. 11 Everyone sees that the wise die, just as the ignorant and senseless perish and leave their wealth to others. 12 In their minds is that their houses are eternal, and that their dwellings from generation to generation, and their lands they call by their proper names. 13 But man will not remain in honor; he will become like animals that perish. 14 This way of theirs is their foolishness, although those who follow them approve of their opinion. 15 They will be thrown into the pit like sheep; death will rule over them, and in the morning the righteous will rule over them; their strength will be exhausted; the grave is their dwelling. 16 But God will deliver my soul from the power of the grave when He receives me. 17 Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases: 18 for when he dies he takes nothing away; his glory will not follow him; 19 Although during his life he pleases his soul, and they glorify you because you satisfy yourself, 20 but he will go to the family of his fathers, who will never see the light. 21 A man who is honorable and foolish is like animals that perish.

Glory:

Psalm to Asaph, 49

1 The God of gods, the Lord of words, called the earth from the east of the sun to the west. 2 From Zion is the beauty of His beauty. 3 God will come, our God, and will not be silent; a fire will burn before Him, and a storm will surround Him. 4 Heaven will call from above and the earth to judge His people. 5 Gather together those who are like Him, who will make His covenant concerning sacrifices. 6 And the heavens will declare His righteousness, for God is the judge. 7 Hear, my people, and I will say to you Israel, and testify to you: God, I am your God. 8 I will not reprove you about your sacrifices, but your burnt offerings will be brought out before me. 9 I will not accept bulls from your house, nor goats from your flocks. 10 For all the beasts of the oak forest, the cattle of the mountains, and the oxen are mine. 11 I know all the birds of the sky, and the beauty of the countryside is with Me. 12 If I hunger, I will not say to you: For the world and its fulfillment are Mine. 13 Do I eat yam meat or drink the blood of goats? 14 Devour a sacrifice of praise to God and render your prayers to the Most High. 15 And call upon Me in the day of your tribulation, and destroy you, and glorify Me. 16 But God said to the sinner: How will you tell my justifications and accept my covenant with your mouth? 17 But you hated this punishment and you turned back my words. 18 If the thief saw you, you went with him, and you considered your participation with the adulterer. 19 Your mouth multiplies malice, and your tongue weaves together flattery. 20 When you sat down, you slandered your brother, and you set a temptation against your mother’s son. 21 Thou hast done these things, and kept silent, thou hast mourned iniquity, that I should be like thee. I will reprove you and bring your sins before you. 22 Understand this, you who forget God, lest he snatch away, and never deliver. 23 The sacrifice of praise will glorify Me, and there is the way, whereby I will show him My salvation.

Psalm of Asaph. 1 God of Gods, the Lord spoke and calls the earth, from the rising of the sun to the west. 2 From Zion, which is the height of beauty, God appears, 3 our God comes, and not in silence: before Him is a consuming fire, and around Him is a mighty storm. 4 He calls on heaven and earth from above to judge His people: 5 “Gather to Me My saints, who entered into covenant with Me by sacrifice.” 6 And the heavens will proclaim His righteousness, for this judge is God. 7 “Hear, My people, I will speak; Israel! I will testify against you: I am God, your God. 8 It is not because of your sacrifices that I will reproach you; Your burnt offerings are always before Me; 9 I will not accept the bull out of your house, nor the goats out of your folds, 10 for all the wild animals in the forest, and the cattle on a thousand mountains, are Mine, 11 I know all the birds on the mountains, and the animals in the fields, before Me. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the universe and all that fills it are Mine. 13 Do I eat the flesh of oxen and drink the blood of goats? 14 Sacrifice praise to God and pay your vows to the Most High, 15 and call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify Me.” 16 But God says to the sinner: “Why do you preach My statutes and take My covenant in your mouth, 17 but you yourself hate My instruction and throw My words away for yourself? 18 When you see a thief, you associate with him, and associate with adulterers; 19 You open your mouth to slander, and your tongue weaves deceit; 20 You sit and speak against your brother, you slander your mother’s son; 21 You did this, and I was silent; you thought that I was the same as you. I will expose you and bring [your sins] before your eyes. 22 Understand this, you who forget God, lest I take away, and there will be no deliverer. 23 Whoever sacrifices praise honors Me, and whoever watches his way, to him I will show the salvation of God.”

1 Finally, a psalm to David, always bringing Nathan the prophet to him, 2 always going to Bathsheba, Uri’s wife, 50

3 Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your compassions, cleanse my iniquity. 4 Above all, wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 5 For I know my iniquity, and bear away my sin before me. 6 I have sinned against You alone, and I have done evil before You, so that You may be justified in Your words and overcome, and never judge You. 7 Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother gave birth to me in sins. 8 For thou hast loved the truth, thou hast revealed to me thy unknown and secret wisdom. 9 Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 10 Give joy and gladness to my hearing; humble bones will rejoice. 11 Turn away Your face from my sins, and cleanse all my iniquities. 12 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a right spirit in my womb. 13 Do not turn me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 14 Give me the joy of Your salvation, and strengthen me with the Lord’s Spirit. 15 I will teach the wicked your way, and wickedness will turn to you. 16 Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation; my tongue will rejoice in Your righteousness. 17 O Lord, my lips are opened, and my mouth declares Your praise. 18 For even if you had desired sacrifices, you would have given burnt offerings without being pleased. 19 The sacrifice to God is a broken spirit, a contrite and humble heart, God will not despise. 20 Bless Zion, O Lord, with Your favor, and may the walls of Jerusalem be built. 21 Then you will be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, the wave offering, and the burnt offering: then they will lay the bull on your altar.

1 To the director of the choir. Psalm of David, 2 when the prophet Nathan came to him, after David had entered Bathsheba. 3 Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your great mercy, and according to the multitude of Your compassions blot out my iniquities. 4 Wash me often from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin, 5 for I acknowledge my iniquities, and my sin is always before me. 6 You, You alone, have I sinned and done evil in Your sight, so that You are righteous in Your judgment and pure in Your judgment. 7 Behold, I was conceived in iniquity, and my mother bore me in sin. 8 Behold, You have loved the truth in your heart and have shown me [Your] wisdom within me. 9 Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be clean; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 10 Let me hear joy and gladness, and the bones broken by You will rejoice. 11 Turn away Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. 12 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. 13 Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 14 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and strengthen me with the sovereign Spirit. 15 I will teach the wicked your ways, and the wicked will turn to you. 16 Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will praise Your righteousness. 17 Lord! Open my mouth, and my mouth will declare Your praise: 18 For You do not desire sacrifice, I would give it; You do not favor burnt offerings. 19 The sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; You will not despise a contrite and humble heart, O God. 20 Do good, [Lord], according to Your good pleasure, Zion; Build up the walls of Jerusalem: 21 Then the sacrifices of righteousness, the heave offering and the burnt offering, will be acceptable to You; Then they will place bullocks on Your altar.

Glory:

1 In the end, the mind of David, 2 at some point, go to the Doek of Edom, and tell Saul, and say to him: David has come to the house of Abimelech, 51

3 Why do you boast in greater malice? Lawlessness all day long. 4 Your tongue plots lies, for you have made flattery a cunning razor. 5 Thou hast loved wickedness more than kindness, rather than speak righteousness. 6 Thou hast loved all the words of the flood, and a flattering tongue. 7 For this reason God will destroy you completely, will devastate you, and will remove you from your village and your root from the land of the living. 8 They will see righteousness and fear, and they will laugh at him and say: 9 Behold the man who did not put God as his helper, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and in his vanity. 10 But like the olive tree that bears fruit in the house of God, I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. 11 We will confess to You forever, as You have created, and I endure Your name, for it is good in the sight of Your saints.

1 To the director of the choir. Teachings of David, 2 after Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul and told him that David had come to the house of Ahimelech. 3 Why do you boast of wickedness, O mighty one? God's mercy is always with me;

4 Your tongue concocts destruction;
like a sophisticated razor, you have it,
insidious! 5 You love evil more than good, lies more than telling the truth; 6 You love all kinds of destructive speech, a deceitful tongue: 7 Therefore God will completely crush you, tear you down and uproot you from [your] home, and your root from the land of the living. 8 The righteous will see and be afraid, they will laugh at him [and say]: 9 “Behold, the man who did not trust his strength in God, but hoped for the abundance of his wealth, was strengthened in his wickedness.” 10 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God, and I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. 11 I will forever praise You for what You have done, and trust in Your name, for it is good in the sight of Your saints.

1 Finally, O Maeleth, give reason to David, 52

2 The speech is foolish in his heart: there is no God, having been corrupted and detested by iniquity, he does not do good. 3 God came from heaven against the sons of men, see, is there anyone who understands or seeks God? 4 Having all turned aside, they were not needed together, and did not do good, not to one. 5 Lest all those who practice iniquity, who eat my bread for food, understand that they have not called upon the Lord. 6 There they were afraid of fear, even though there was no fear, for God had scattered the bones of men-pleasers: they were ashamed, for God had despised them. 7 Who will give salvation to Israel from Zion? Whenever God brings back the captivity of His people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will rejoice.

1 To the director of the choir. On a wind weapon.

David's teaching.
2 The fool said in his heart, “There is no God.” They became corrupt and committed heinous crimes; there is no one who does good. 3 God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there was one who understood, one who sought God. 4 All have turned aside and become equally indecent; there is no one who does good, not even one. 5 Will not the workers of iniquity, who eat up my people as
they eat bread, and do not call on God, come to their senses? 6 There they will fear fear, where there is no fear, for God will scatter the bones of those who fight against you. You will put them to shame because God has rejected them. 7 Who will give salvation to Israel from Zion? When God brings back the captivity of His people, then Jacob will rejoice and Israel will rejoice.

1 At the end, in the songs of the mind to David, 2 always came to Zipheem, and said to Saul, “Have David not sat down and hid himself in us?” 53

3 O God, in Your name save me, and in Your power judge me. 4 O God, hear my prayer, inspire the words of my mouth. 5 Because strangers rose up against me and sought my life with strength, and did not set God before them. 6 Behold, God helps me, and the Lord is the Protector of my soul. 7 He will turn away the evil of my enemies; consume them with Your truth. 8 I will devour You; I will confess to Your name, O Lord, that it is good, 9 that You have delivered me from all sorrow, and that my eye has looked upon my enemies.

1 To the director of the choir. On string instruments.

Teachings of David 2 When Ziph came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?” 3 God! Save me in Your name, and judge me in Your power. 4 God! Hear my prayer, give ear to the words of my mouth, 5 for strangers have risen up against me, and the mighty are seeking my life; they do not have God before them. 6 Behold, God is my helper; The Lord strengthens my soul. 7 He will repay the evil of my enemies; By Your truth I will destroy them. 8 I will earnestly sacrifice to You, I will glorify Your name, O Lord, for it is good, 9 For You have delivered me from all troubles, and my eye has looked upon my enemies.

1 Finally, in the songs of the mind of Asaph, Psalm 54

2 Inspire my prayer, O God, and do not despise my supplication. 3 Hear me and hear me: I was grieved by my sorrow and was troubled. 4 From the voice of the enemy and from the oppression of the sinner, who turned away iniquity against me and was angry with me. 5 My heart is troubled within me, and the fear of death attacks me. 6 Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me. 7 And he said, “Who will give me a krill like a dove?” And I’ll fly and rest? 8 Behold, he went away in flight and settled in the wilderness. 9 I trust God, who saves me from cowardice and from the storm. 10 Flood, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen lawlessness and strife in the city. 11 Day and night he will walk along its walls. Lawlessness and labor are in the midst of it and untruth. 12 And his hundred years of profit and flattery did not fail. 13 For if the enemy had reviled me, I would have suffered slaughter, and if the one who hated me had spoken against me, I would have hidden myself from him. 14 But you, the indifferent man, my master and my acquaintance, 15 who greatly enjoyed being with me, walking in the house of God with one mind. 16 Let death come upon her, and let them go down to hell, for wickedness is in their dwellings, in the midst of them. 17 I cried to God, and the Lord heard me. 18 Evening and morning and noon I will tell, and I will proclaim, and he will hear my voice. 19 He will deliver my soul with peace from those who draw near to me, as they have fought with me in many troubles. 20 God will hear and humble me, who was before the world. For they will not change, because they did not fear God. 21 You have stretched out your hand for retribution, having profaned His covenant. 22 His face was divided from the wrath, and their hearts drew near, and their words were quenched more than oil, which are arrows. 23 Cast your sorrow upon the Lord, and He will feed you, and will not give the reputation of the righteous forever. 24 But you, O God, have brought them down into a state of decay; men of blood and deceit will not spend half their days. But, Lord, I trust in You.

1 To the director of the choir. On string instruments.

David's teaching. 2 Hear, O God, my prayer and do not hide from my supplication; 3 Heed me and hear me; I groan in my grief and am troubled 4 by the voice of the enemy, by the oppression of the wicked, for they bring iniquity against me and in anger they fight against me. 5 My heart trembles within me, and mortal terrors have fallen upon me; 6 Fear and trembling came upon me, and horror seized me. 7 And I said, “Who would give me wings like a dove? I would fly away and calm down; 8 I would have gone far away and remained in the wilderness; 9 I would hasten to hide from the whirlwind, from the storm.” 10 Disrupt, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I see violence and strife in the city; 11 Day and night they walk around its walls; evil deeds and disaster are in the midst of it; 12 in the midst of its destruction; deceit and deceit do not leave its streets: 13 for it is not the enemy who reproaches me, but I could bear it; It is not my hater who magnifies himself over me - I would hide from him; 14 but you, who were the same to me as I, my friend and my close one, 15 with whom we shared sincere conversations and went together to the house of God. 16 Let death come upon them; May they go down alive into hell, for wickedness is in their dwellings, in the midst of them. 17 But I will cry to God, and the Lord will save me. 18 Evening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry, and He will hear my voice, 19 He will deliver my soul in peace from those who rise up against me, for I have many of them; 20 God will hear, and He who lives from everlasting will humble them, because there is no change in them; they do not fear God, 21 they have stretched out their hands against those who are at peace with them, they have broken their covenant; 22 Their mouth is softer than butter, but in their heart is enmity; their words are gentler than oil, but they are drawn swords. 23 Cast your worries on the Lord, and He will support you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. 24 You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction; the bloodthirsty and treacherous will not live to see half their days. And I trust in You, [Lord,].

Glory:

According to the 7th kathisma, Trisagion.

Also troparia, tone 5:

The judge sits, and the angel stands, the trumpet blows, the flame burns, what have you done, my soul, led to judgment? Then your fierceness will be revealed, and your secret sins will be exposed. Moreover, before the end, cry to the judge: God, cleanse me and save me.

Glory: We will conquer all, and Christ will be buried with much oil and bright lights, so that we will be made worthy of the palace inside, even if he who has comprehended outside the doors, idly will cry out to God: have mercy on me.

And now: Lying on the bed of many sins, I am robbed of the hope of my salvation, for the sleep of my laziness intercedes for torment for my soul. But You, God, were born of a Virgin, raise me up to Your singing, that I may glorify You.

Lord, have mercy (40) and prayer:

Lord, my God, who is Good and Lover of Mankind, you have done many kindnesses to me, even more than you expected to see, and what will I repay to your goodness, my Lord, Lord? I thank Your much-sung name, I thank Your inscrutable kindness towards me, I thank Your unconditional long-suffering. And from now on, intercede, and help me, and cover me, Master, from everyone, even if no one can sin before You: You weigh my useful nature, You weigh my madness, You weigh what I have done. , even in knowledge and not in knowledge, even voluntary and involuntary, even in the night and in the days, and in the mind, and thoughts, for God is Good and Lover of Mankind, cleanse me with the dew of Thy mercy, Most Good Lord, and save us in Thy holy name , like fate. For You are the Light and the Truth and the Life, and to You we send glory, to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen .

Detailed interpretation

The seventh Old Testament Psalm can be divided into 8 parts:

1. David sings a lament for one of the most difficult events in his life (verse 1)
2. He asks the Creator for help to protect himself from all his enemies (verses 2 and 3)
3. The king asks that he be punished if there was any untruth or injustice in his actions towards another person (verses 4-6)
4. David asks God to bring wrathful judgment upon his enemies (verses 7 and
5. A man is willing to submit his actions to God's judgment because he is confident that he is right with Him (verses 9-11)
6. God tests people every day for kindness, honesty, and other actions (verses 12-14)
7. The wicked man himself fell into the hole he dug for another (verses 15-17)
8. David praises the Lord (verse 18).

The division can be considered conditional. It is made in order to better understand the meaning of the Psalm.

Part 1 – David's Lament

Verse 1

It is deplorable because a man has to endure undeserved persecution. An event of sadness was the incident that happened to Hus from the tribe of Benjamin. It is not known for certain who this Hus was and what actually happened. But historians suggest that it could be Saul, who was born in the tribe of Benjamin and became king of Israel before David. During the reign of Saul, David was summoned to the palace to play the harp for the king to calm him down.

David soon became famous for his strength by defeating a giant named Goliath. And envy surged in Saul. Many events happened in the guy’s life; he became persecuted by Saul because he wanted to kill him. Perhaps this Psalm was written at this time. Because it was actually very difficult for him then. That is why the song turned out to be deplorable. After all, he didn’t do anything bad to Saul, he wasn’t going to take away the kingdom or start a conspiracy. However, he was persecuted by Saul and his army.

There are no parallel Bible verses.

Part 2 – David asks for deliverance from all his enemies

Verse 2

The king trusts in the Lord that He will deliver him from his enemies, because at that time the pressure from David’s enemies became strong.

There are no parallel Bible verses.

Verse 3

The man compares his enemy to a lion, which, when attacked, torments the soul (body) of its victim. David asks God to protect him from this.

There are no parallel verses of Scripture.

Part 3 – David asks God to test him to see if there is any iniquity in him

Verse 4

Even though David was a righteous man and acted according to God's commandments and commandments, he still doubts that absolutely everything he did was done without any extraneous intent other than to please God. Therefore, he asks the Creator, if there is one, to find untruth in him.

There are no parallel verses from the Word of God.

Verse 5

David asks God to check whether he has ever “repaid” a person who was with him in the world with evil. Did he act dishonestly? The man recalls an incident when he saved a person, and he later became his enemy.

There are no parallel verses from the Word of God.

Verse 6

Therefore, David confidently says that if there is something unrighteous or displeasing to God in him, then may the Lord no longer protect him from his enemies, let his enemies:

• continue to pursue him
• are catching up with him
• “they trample my life into the ground” you need to understand how they will kill,
• and the glory of David as the great king of Israel, who won many victories in wars with enemies, will be reduced to nothing.

There are no parallel Bible verses.

Part 4 – David asks for righteous judgment on his enemies and recognizes God as almighty

Verse 7

The man asks the Lord to rise up and calls his enemies violent, which means extremely unrestrained in showing their rage against him, being in a state of frenzy and strong in what they do. Even he with all his numerous troops cannot cope with such fury. Therefore, he turns to the Lord and asks him to awaken to judgment. But this means that God was sleeping, and David woke him up. This simply cannot happen. “Awake” here means - begin your judgment, which has not yet happened.

There are no parallel verses.

Verse 8

God rises above the people who stand around him like a host. Host - multitude, assembly. “Rise on high” means lead them, carry out your righteous judgment, the decision of which cannot be disputed.

There are no parallel verses from the Word of God.

Part 5 – David asks God to judge him not by his mistakes and sins, but because of the good he has done

Verse 9

David turns to the Lord, who judges all nations, to ask him for judgment on himself. But he asks to do this not because of his mistakes or blunders as a man and a ruler, but according to his integrity - chastity and virginity (thinking that is not subject to the worldly, but coincides with God's thoughts and considerations).

Parallel Scripture Verse:

• Psalm 25:1 - David claims that he walks blamelessly with God, trusts in Him, and therefore asks him to judge fairly, according to his actions, thoughts and behavior.

Verse 10

Let all the anger of the wicked, which they pour out on David, end - the king asks God. And support righteous people - help, guide their paths so that they do not make mistakes in their everyday choices and do not compromise with sin. God tests the heart of every person, and David knows this. Because often it was his heart that was tested by the Lord. But he was not afraid to undergo such a test, because he knew that he followed God's will exactly as much as he could.

Parallel Scriptures:

• Jeremiah 11:20 – The prophet Jeremiah claims that God is a righteous judge and if he judges, then only fairly. He has entrusted the work of vengeance to God and believes that His judgment is more perfect than would have been done by the prophet himself. He does not know what fills the heart of every person, therefore he believes that only God can be the best judge for every flesh on earth.
• Rev 2:23 – God is called one who searches not only the hearts, but also the reins. That is, the whole person as a whole, along with his thoughts, experiences, plans and actions. And he rewards each person according to the deeds that he managed to commit before the trial.

Verse 11

God saves the “righteous in heart” - people who watch what their heart is filled with: whether there is anger or jealousy in it, or maybe hatred or an unkind attitude towards someone. People who constantly compare their behavior with what the Lord expects from them are saved by the Creator. Therefore David calls Him in this verse his shield, because only a shield can protect a person from arrows and other weapons. The king often compares God to a shield, because he is a warrior and knows how good it is to have a shield during battle, which has more than once saved thousands of people from certain death.

There are no parallel Bible verses.

Part 6 – What happens to those who, after God’s discipline, do not decide to forsake their sins and follow Him?

Verse 12

David calls God a righteous judge because He judges fairly, without partiality, everyone equally, regardless of a person’s position, rank or weight in society. All these attributes of earthly life are like nothing to God. The court is the same for everyone. The king is sure that God is strict. That is, a person who decides to follow God’s path must completely devote himself to a completely new life, leaving behind everything that previously separated him from the Creator.

There are no parallel verses.

Verse 13

David describes what happens to people who did not stop sinning and, after serious punishment from God, decided to leave everything as it was. For them the Lord has two weapons:

• the sword that He draws (the Bible is also compared to a two-edged sword that will judge all nations, therefore Scripture is not only a guide to life, but also a tool for the Judge)
• a bow that He strains to point at a person who does not want to choose goodness and God's destiny for his life.

There are no parallel verses from the Word of God.

Verse 14

The arrows that God shoots from his bow are scorching, that is, fire burns at their tip. For people who do not obey the Lord and choose to serve the devil, vessels of death have already been prepared, which many people imagine as large pits with boiling water or something else. But this expression is better understood as a place in which all those who decide to resist God will be found.

There are no parallel Bible verses

Part 7 – A sinner digs a hole for another person, but ends up in it himself

Verse 15

The verse describes how a sinner acts: he conceives a lie (the thought of some bad action matures in his head), then during the process of such conception he remains in anger, and then gives birth to a lie (the action has its physical expression). The process of bearing sin is compared to the accumulation of malice in the heart and is similar to a woman carrying a baby. Only the interval between conception and childbirth for a sinner is filled with malice, so a lie is born.

Parallel Scripture Verses:

• Job 15:35 – Job, a man who experienced a great trial in his life, says that first evil is conceived, like a child, and then lies are born.
• Isaiah 59:7 – The Prophet Isaiah describes the actions of sinners this way: they run towards evil, hasten to shed innocent blood, while their thoughts are wicked, their path is paved with destruction and desolation.

Verse 16

How often do children at school hear the proverb that you shouldn’t dig a hole for someone else, because you yourself will fall into it. It is borrowed from this verse. Like many other proverbs and sayings of Russian folklore. Previously, they were God's wisdom, but have already become the property of the people, but do not forget who said it once. After all, David did not speak on his own, he prophesied a lot and says what he heard from God.

Parallel Scripture Verses:

• Psalm 9:16 – The verse describes a whole people who dug a hole, probably for another people, and they themselves fell into it. Another comparison of this situation is with a net that they hid, but then they themselves became entangled in it.
• Psalm 56:7 – David sings about how his enemies prepared a net for him and dug a hole, but they themselves fell into it.

Verse 17

David concludes why it happens that a villain, digging a hole for another, necessarily ends up in it himself. Because the anger that a person accumulates in himself always falls on his head or crown. In life, many people call such cases a “boomerang” or “heavenly punishment”, saying “it serves you right.” But this is not just a life principle, but God’s predestination. The Lord decided that this is exactly what would happen to evildoers.

There are no parallel verses of Scripture.

Part 8 – David identifies the Lord

Verse 18

Presses to glorify God according to His truth, because God is fair and punishes an evil person with his own weapon. This decree is eternal, it will always happen this way. A person who wants to catch another will be caught himself, moreover, by his own created trick. For such wisdom, David glorifies God and thanks Him.

There are no parallel verses of Scripture.

Psalm 7

Lord my God, I trust in You, save me from all those who persecute me and deliver me: lest when a lion snatches away my soul, I am not the one who delivers, nor the one who saves. Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is unrighteousness in my hand, if I have rewarded those who repay evil, let me then fall away from my enemies. May the enemy marry my soul and destroy it, and trample my belly into the ground, and place my glory in the dust. Arise, O Lord, by Thy wrath, rise to the ends of Thy enemies, and arise, O Lord my God, by the commandment which Thou hast commanded. And a host of people will pass by You, and about this you will turn to the heights. The Lord judges people: judge me, Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my kindness towards me. May the malice of sinners end, and correct the righteous, test the hearts and wombs, O righteous God. My help comes from God, who saves the right in heart. God the Judge is righteous and strong and patient, and does not bring wrath every day. If you do not turn, He will cleanse this weapon, He will make His bow tense and ready, and in it He will prepare the vessels of death, He will make His arrows burnt up. Behold, by unrighteousness, sickness was conceived, and iniquity was born: a ditch of destruction, and an fossil, and it will fall into the pit that it has made. His illness will turn on his head, and unrighteousness will come down on his head. Let us confess to the Lord in His righteousness and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.

Brief interpretation

The seventh Psalm can be briefly interpreted as follows:

• David prays to God because he is too worried about the case of Husha from the tribe of Benjamin
• The king trusts in God and only expects deliverance from Him.
• He asks that the enemy not tear him to pieces like a lion.
• David asks God to check him, whether there is at least some untruth in him
• If there is, then he speaks of his consent to be overtaken by God’s punishment and His judgment, let the enemy catch up with him and kill him
• A man cries out to the Lord to awaken and reward his enemies according to their deeds.
• David asks to strengthen (support) the righteous, because every now and then he experiences persecution
• God strictly asks a person, judges him and convicts him. And if after that he does not change, continues to persist, then he sends his weapons at him - a sword and a bow. The bow has fire tips
• There is a description of how the wicked dig a hole to trap the innocent there, but they themselves fall into it
• David ends the Psalm by praising God.

The seventh Psalm consists of 18 verses and 19 sentences. Found on pages 570 and 571 of the Bible.

Psalms 7 and 8 with interpretation by Athanasius the Great

Psalm to David, which was sung by the Lord about the words of Husha, the son of Jemen, 7

Lord my God, I trust in You, save me from all those who persecute me and deliver me: lest when a lion snatches away my soul, I am not the one who delivers, nor the one who saves. Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is unrighteousness in my hand, if I have rewarded those who repay evil, let me then fall away from my enemies. May the enemy marry my soul and destroy it, and trample my belly into the ground, and place my glory in the dust. Arise, O Lord, by Thy wrath, rise to the ends of Thy enemies, and arise, O Lord my God, by the commandment which Thou hast commanded. And a host of people will pass by You, and about this you will turn to the heights. The Lord judges people: judge me, Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my kindness towards me. May the malice of sinners end, and correct the righteous, test the hearts and wombs, O righteous God. My help comes from God, who saves the right in heart. God the Judge is righteous and strong and patient, and does not bring wrath every day. If you do not turn, He will cleanse this weapon, He will make His bow tense and ready, and in it He will prepare the vessels of death, He will make His arrows burnt up. Behold, by unrighteousness, sickness was conceived, and iniquity was born: a ditch of destruction, and an fossil, and it will fall into the pit that it has made. His illness will turn on his head, and unrighteousness will come down on his head. Let us confess to the Lord in His righteousness and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.

In the end, O sharpeners, Psalm to David, 8

O Lord our Lord, for Your name is wonderful throughout all the earth, for Your splendor is taken above the heavens. From the mouth of a child and a pissing you have made praise, O Thy enemy, for the sake of destroying the enemy and the local. For I will see the heavens, the works of Your finger, the moon and the stars, which You founded. What is man, since you remember him? Or son of man, because you visit him? You made him less than an angel, and you crowned him with glory and honor. And Thou didst put Thy hand over his work; Thou didst subdue all things under his nose. All sheep and oxen, also Polish cattle, birds of the air, and fish of the sea, the passing paths of the sea. O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is Your name throughout all the earth.

Interpretation of Athanasius the Great

Psalm 7

Ps.7:1. A psalm to David, which was sung to the Lord about the words of Husha, the son of Jemen.

Hushai, David's first friend, was sent by David to Absalom to counteract Ahithophel, who was giving advice against David. He, leaving David and pretending to be a traitor, when Absalom demanded advice from him and Ahithophel, and Ahithophel proposed to pursue David, said: no; one should not pursue someone who is knowledgeable in military affairs without sufficient strength - and with this word he saved David. David, saved as if by human help, sings a song of gratitude to God for this, attributing all his graces to Him, and not to any of the people.

Ps.7:2. Lord my God, I have trusted in You.

Since I do not expect salvation from man, then, although the words of Husiev are beautiful, You save me, both from real enemies, and especially from the mental lion that ensnares my soul. Ps.7:5. I will reward those who repay evil.

Represents his forbearance, asking for mercy from God for this.

May I fall away from my skinny enemies.

Just as a victorious righteous man leaves his enemies with full hands, so a defeated sinner leaves them “lean”, having nothing with him. Ps.7:6. May the enemy marry my soul.

These words have the following meaning: may I fall into the hands of the devil if I have done any of the above! And if I have done this or that, then may I not be freed from sin before death. Ps.7:7. Exalt yourself to the ends of your enemies,

that is, between the mighty of my enemies; because the ends mean fortifications.

And arise, O Lord my God, by the commandment which thou hast commanded.

These words clearly proclaim the epiphany of the Savior. Ps.7:8. And a host of people will bypass Ty.

And this clearly shows the Church’s faith in Him.

And about this, turn to the heights,

- about that, that is, about the host. And the word: “to the heights” means either the honorable cross on which Christ bore our sins, or the ascent to heaven. For “beside... that the Father may appear to the face of us” (Heb. 9:24).

Ps.7:9. Judge me, Lord, according to my righteousness.

Again he asks to save him from his enemies, begging for mercy with what they have done.

Ps.7:11. The one who saves the right-hearted.

Since You know the thoughts of our hearts, therefore I ask for help.

Ps.7:12. God the judge is righteous, and strong, and long-suffering.

This depicts long-suffering in God, who, if not completely forgives, then postpones our punishment. Ps.7:14. I made my arrows incinerable.

He calls punishment arrows, and by “burned” he means those worthy of fire. Ps.7:15. It's no longer true

- This is the enemy of our life. Conceived disease and gave birth to iniquity,

that is, he conceived and carried out his thought.

Ps.7:16. Ditch of graves, and fossils, etc.

Having prepared death for the Savior Christ, he himself surrenders to death. Psalm 8

Ps.8:1. Finally, O sharpeners, a psalm to David.

It is said: “at the end,” because the prophecy contained in the psalm was to come true at the end of the ages. For the psalm speaks of Christ and of the Churches after His incarnation; since the Only Begotten is called the vine, and the faithful - birth. If the Jew insists that the psalm speaks generally about man; then in this case, let it be known that everything was subjugated to man, because He had to become man in the image of God. Anciently, in the subordinate service there was one antecedent, that is, the altar in the temple; according to the calling of the pagans, they sharpened a lot, and these are the essence of the Church, gathering the fruits of those who are successful in godliness. Ps.8:2. O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is Your name throughout all the earth.

The Prophet was amazed at the knowledge of the name of God given to people. For it is no longer only those who live in Judea who know God.

Ps.8:3. From the mouth of a child and of those who piss you have made praise,

that is, from the lips of those who are infants in malice according to God. This, as is clearly written in the Gospels, was what the Savior said when the Pharisees stopped the mouths of His children blessing Him.

For Thy enemy's sake, destroy the enemy and the local.

Understand either the sensual or mental enemy, or the Jewish people. For the Jews persecuted Christ as an enemy, and pretended that they were doing this out of zeal for the Father. Therefore, in order to deprive them of all justification, the Lord said: “You hate Me, and you hate My Father” (John 15:23). “The enemy and the local,” that is, or the devil, because he, having forced them to commit a sin, punishes those who sin, presenting before their eyes the severity of sin, - or the Jewish people, this enemy of truth and the local, because of his imaginary zeal for the law.

Ps.8:4. For I will see the heavens, the works of Your finger.

They are indignant at infants performing praise; and I, a small thing in Your creation, look at this great and wonderful thing, that is, at heaven. Ps.8:5. What is man, since you remember him? Or son of man, because you visit him? Ps.8:6. Thou hast made him a little less than an angel.

Since Paul clearly interpreted this about our Savior, we must be content with this explanation. Ps.8:7. You conquered everything under his nose.

God, having said: “Let us make man in Our image and likeness,” added: “And let him have the fish of the sea,” and other things numbered in detail (Gen. 1:26), and then continues: “Grow and multiply, and fill earth, and rule over it” (Gen. 1:28). For he gave dominion over everything to the rational nature, as God-like. And man, having received power in the image of God, was also made the prince of everything on earth, just as God is the King of all. If it is said at all:

Thou hast placed him over the works of Thy hand,

and in another place he says: “And the works of Your hand are the heavens” (Ps. 101:26); then it is clear that he placed him above the heavens, and, without concealing, he already calls the stay in heaven of those who departed from here from the earth, when, according to the promise, they inherit the heavenly kingdom. Paul also says: “heirs to God, heirs to Christ” (Rom. 8:17). This is how the following should be understood: “thou hast subjected all things under his nose.” Now he has subdued the animals; but, since a life equal to the angels in heaven is prepared for man, then man, even there, placed “over the works of His hands,” will be a spectator of heaven and everything that is in them. Blessed Paul interpreted that this too would be fulfilled on the Savior in the next century. Therefore the Father says to him: “Sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool” (Heb. 1:13). Ps.8:8. All the sheep and oxen,

This makes clear those who believed among the Israelites. also Polish cattle,

- this means pagans.

Ps.8:9. birds of the sky,

that is, those who exalt themselves with worldly things and the most foolish, but highly sophisticated people. Ps.8:10. O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is Your name throughout all the earth.

Brought, as it is said, into amazement by the knowledge of God that has been revealed to people, he repeats the previous words, and thereby worsens the miracle.

The one who is at the “top of the mountain”, in full view of everyone - enemies and envious people, as a rule, has more than enough. Moreover, not just inert and passive, but very active in relation to causing harm to the object of hatred.

And it would seem, well, why should God tell about them, because there is a sword, there are comrades and friends. However, David “cryed into his vest” to God, and this is normal: this means that God was for him a real person and the only one to whom he could entrust all the most intimate things that he had in himself. He couldn’t do it to people, but he trusted his God absolutely. Is God that real to us?

7:4,5 Oh my God! if I have done anything, if there is injustice in my hands, 5 if I have repaid with evil the one who was with me in the world - I, who saved even the one who without reason became my enemy,

Often we ourselves do not know for sure whether we have sinned from God’s point of view or not.
That’s why David says to God: “ IF I (from Your point of view) did something criminal, THEN let the enemy destroy me, and that will be fair.
David did not try to evade responsibility for his actions. It is interesting to note WHAT was evil for David: untruth was in HIS hands, and not someone else, his own unrighteous deeds worried the king; David also did not want to cause harm “from behind” - to someone who does not expect it. David does not know deceit; on the contrary, even to his enemies - he saved lives and, like Job, he talks about what sometimes happened in difficult relationships between him and those who found themselves on his path in life and who, for no reason, became his enemy (i.e. not through the fault of David) 7 : 6 then let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake me, let him trample my life into the ground, and let him cast my glory into dust.

These words are not an attempt to justify himself or to show himself to be overly noble: what happened was what happened, David simply states the facts of his innocence before those who, without reason, became his enemies

7:7,8 Arise, O Lord, in Thy wrath; move against the fury of my enemies, awaken for me to the judgment that You have commanded - 8 a host of people will stand around You; rise above it to a height.

David tries to live according to God’s ideas about life, therefore he is not afraid of God’s judgment, which will certainly come to all humanity, including him. Moreover, he WANTS to be judged by God. It must be said that David was confident in the protection of God and in the fact that there was no root of evil and depravity in him for which he would be worthy of condemnation and punishment before God. For such confidence, grounds are needed, and David had them: David considered himself blameless, God loved David and he himself knew THIS, although others might doubt it, looking at how many problems he had and how David sometimes acted. Yes, David got into a lot of trouble because of his own mistakes. But only those who do nothing make no mistakes. And David tried to do a lot for God and His people.

7:9 The Lord judges the nations. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to my integrity within me.

A very important detail - “according to
MY” , and not according to someone else’s integrity, David asked to judge himself.
Everyone has their own idea of ​​integrity, their own integrity and their own strengths to maintain it. And God, knowing the individual characteristics of everyone, will judge everyone strictly individually and the punishment for the same offense may be different. For example, a schoolchild is provoked into a scandal or a fight. One, for example, will quickly get angry and out of 10 provocations he will fight 3 times. They will never be able to get anyone else out. Will the first be more wicked than the other in the eyes of God? Not necessary. For God judges based on WHO and WHAT HAS at the moment of observing integrity. If, for example, the first one is emotional, was unrestrained, pugnacious and exploded like a volcano before he became a Christian, then NOT fighting FIRST only 3 times out of 10 may be more valuable in the eyes of God than NOT fighting ONCE - the second one , who was never pugnacious, was always calm and unperturbed in life, like a crocodile.

Why can there be such a difference in God's assessment of integrity? Because NOT fighting for an unperturbed and calm schoolchild does not present any difficulty and does not require effort; for him not to fight, but, for example, to leave, not to pay attention to provocations, is natural. But NOT to fight a schoolboy, explosive as a volcano, requires a colossal effort of his will in order to please God without fighting.

That is why the first will be appreciated more: the first, for the sake of glorifying God with his behavior, strives through personal efforts against sin. The second is not for the sake of the glory of God, but by nature does not fight. And so - in everything: someone by nature cannot or does not want to drink alcohol, and someone struggles every day not to drink (not to smoke, not to swear, etc.). Everyone's LEVEL OF INTEGRITY is too different to measure one in comparison with another.

The good news is that God will measure us all by the standards of OUR personal degree of integrity.

7:10 Let the malice of the wicked cease, and strengthen the righteous, for You test hearts and bellies, O righteous God!

A righteous man who falls seven times and gets up is no less valuable before God than one who falls three times and gets up, because those who have fallen have one thing in common - they do not want to remain in the mud of their fall, they rise, gaining the experience of the righteous.

7:11 My shield is in God, who saves the upright in heart.

Blessed is the one for whom God is a protector and friend, and not a punishing sword. But for this you need to be right-hearted. God's judgment in righteousness is not like that of people, for people will always find justification in their own eyes.

7:12 God is a righteous judge, and God is strict every day,

David knew that God was able to test hearts, and therefore he trusted Him completely, despite the fact that God is strictly exacting every day.
As Job said, he who sincerely and unfeignedly loves God is not afraid to answer to Him for his deeds, for he tries to do them in accordance with His will. 7 : 13,14 if [someone] does not convert.
He sharpens His sword, He bends His bow and guides it, 14 He prepares for it the vessels of death, He makes His arrows scorching. David knew that God forgives a lot
if they stop doing evil (turn to Him. But if not, if the fallen prefer to remain in a state of falling and do nothing to rise, such people will face the death penalty as criminals God's Commandments
7:15 Behold, [the wicked] conceived iniquity, was pregnant with malice, and gave birth to lies ;

The mechanism of the birth of lies is interesting: they conceive unrighteousness, carry malice in the womb and a lie is born.
The three sisters do not live separately: where there is unrighteousness, anger and lies take root. If a person is deceitful, that means he is angry. If he’s angry, that means he loves to lie. Unrighteous - in the end. 7 : 16-18 he dug a ditch, and dug it, and fell into the pit which he had prepared: 17 his wickedness shall be returned upon his head, and his wickedness shall fall upon his crown.
18 I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. Do not dig a hole for another - says popular wisdom, and this text of David echoes it: whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
David praises God because He knows all the liars, all the evil and unrighteous. Even if such people think that they will be able to cause harm to someone (they dig a hole), in the end they themselves will find themselves in their own evil hole: their fate will be deplorable, for no matter how successful the villain is on his path in this century, his end will come from God is already prepared.

Interpretation and text of Psalm 7 of David in Russian

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The text of Psalm 7, according to research, belongs to the pen of the future Hebrew king David. By all indications it is clear that at the time of its writing the prophet David was in an extremely exhausted moral state, which was a consequence of the persecution of the author by Saul, his predecessor.

The title of Christian Psalm 7 is “A Psalm for the Cause of Hus of the Tribe of Benjamin.” Historians to this day argue about the identity of the indicated Hus, and suggest that this name was used to designate Saul, who had the darkest intentions towards David (the word Hus (or Kush) was used in Israel for the Ethiopians." Realizing that he was completely helpless before the machinations of a powerful king, David, who at that time was only the youngest son from an humble family, turned to God with the text of Psalm 7, in which he asked his Creator for protection and support. It is noteworthy that in this song, as in all the rest, the author expresses confidence in the justice of Almighty God and places his life in His hands.

Reading and listening to Psalm 7 is necessary in cases of nervous disorder resulting from the machinations of evil people.

Listen to the video of the Orthodox prayer Psalm 7

Read the text of the Orthodox prayer Psalm 7 in Russian

The song of lament that David sang to the Lord in the case of Hus, of the tribe of Benjamin

Oh my God! in You I trust; save me from all my persecutors and deliver me; May he not, like a lion, tear out my soul, tormenting me when there is no deliverer and saver. Oh my God! if I have done anything, if there is injustice in my hands, if I have repaid with evil the one who was with me in the world - I, who saved even the one who without reason became my enemy - then let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake me, let him trample my life into the ground and cast my glory into dust. Arise, O Lord, in Thy wrath; move against the fury of my enemies, awaken for me to the judgment that You have commanded - a host of people will stand around You; rise above it to a height. The Lord judges the nations. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to my integrity within me. Let the malice of the wicked cease, and strengthen the righteous, for You test hearts and bellies, O righteous God! My shield is in God, who saves the upright in heart. God is a righteous judge, strong and long-suffering, and a God who strictly punishes every day if anyone does not convert. He sharpens His sword, He bends His bow and guides it, He prepares for it the vessels of death, He makes His arrows scorching. Behold, the wicked conceived unrighteousness, was pregnant with malice and gave birth to lies; dug a ditch, and dug it out, and fell into the pit that he had prepared: his anger will turn on his head, and his wickedness will fall on his crown. I praise the Lord in His righteousness and sing to the name of the Lord Most High.

Text of the Psalter Psalm 7, in Church Slavonic

Lord my God, I trust in you, save me from all those who persecute me and deliver me; Yes, not when, like a lion, my soul is snatched away, I am not the one who delivers, but the one who saves. Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hand, if I have rewarded those who repay evil, then I will fall away from my enemies; May the enemy marry my soul, and may he destroy and trample my belly into the ground, and may he place my glory in the dust. Arise, O Lord, by thy wrath, exalt thy enemies to the ends, and arise, O Lord my God, by the commandment which thou hast commanded, and a host of people shall bypass thee; and about this turn to heights. The Lord judges people; judge me, Lord, according to my righteousness and my kindness towards me. May the malice of sinners end, and correct the righteous, test the hearts and wombs, O God, righteously. My help comes from God, who saves the right in heart. God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, and do not bring wrath on every day. If you do not turn, he will cleanse his weapon, he will strain his bow, and he will prepare the vessels of death, and he will make his arrows burnt. Behold, more unrighteousness conceived disease and gave birth to iniquity; a pit of destruction and fossils, and it will fall into the pit that it made. His illness will turn on his head, and his unrighteousness will come down on top of him. Let us confess to the Lord in His righteousness and sing to the name of the Lord on High.