Psalm 7:4 {5}
New Revised Standard Version
if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause,

Contemporary English Version
I have not betrayed a friend or had pity on an enemy who attacks for no reason.

New American Bible
If I have maltreated someone treating me equitably— or even despoiled my oppressor without cause—

Douay-Rheims Bible
If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.

If I

Psalm 55:20 He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,

Psalm 109:5 And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.

Genesis 44:4 And when they were now departed out of the city, and had gone forward a little way: Joseph sending for the steward of his house, said: Arise, and pursue after the men: and when thou hast overtaken them, say to them: Why have you returned evil for good?

Proverbs 17:3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

Jeremiah 18:20,21 Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them, and to turn away thy indignation from them. . . .

I have

1 Samuel 24:7,10,11 And David stopped his men with his words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul: but Saul, rising up out of the cave, went on his way. . . .

1 Samuel 26:9-17,24 And David said to Abisai: Kill him not: for who shall put forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and shall be guiltless? . . .

without

1 Samuel 19:4,5 And Jonathan spoke good things of David to Saul, his father: and said to him: Sin not, O king, against thy servant, David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and his works are very good towards thee. . . .

1 Samuel 20:1 But David fled from Najoth, which is in Ramatha, and came and said to Jonathan: What have I done? what is my iniquity, and what is my sin against thy father, that he seeketh my life?

1 Samuel 22:14 And Achimelech answering the king, said: And who amongst all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son in law, and goeth forth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thy house?

1 Samuel 24:11-15,17-19 Moreover, see and know, O my father, the hem of thy robe in my hand, that when I cut off the hem of thy robe, I would not put out my hand against thee. Reflect, and see, that there is no evil in my hand, nor iniquity, neither have I sinned against thee: but thou liest in wait for my life, to take it away. . . .

1 Samuel 25:28,29 Forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid: for the Lord will surely make for my lord a faithful house, because thou, my lord, fightest the battles of the Lord: let not evil therefore be found in thee all the days of thy life. . . .

1 Samuel 26:21 And Saul said: I have sinned; return, my son David, for I will no more do thee harm, because my life hath been precious in thy eyes this day: for it appeareth that I have done foolishly, and have been ignorant in very many things.

Context
I Take Refuge in You
3O Lord, my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands: 4If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.5Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life, on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:7
And David stopped his men with his words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul: but Saul, rising up out of the cave, went on his way.

1 Samuel 24:10
Behold this day thy eyes have seen, that the Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the cave, and I had a thought to kill thee, but my eye hath spared thee. For I said: I will not put out my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed.

1 Samuel 26:9
And David said to Abisai: Kill him not: for who shall put forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and shall be guiltless?

Job 31:30
For I have not been given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.

Psalm 7:5
Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life, on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.

Psalm 55:20
He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,

Psalm 59:3
For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:

Psalm 109:4
Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.

Psalm 109:5
And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.

Psalm 7:3
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