{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa007_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa007_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_psa007_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/psa007.htm","summary":"This is Psalm 7, a biblical lament attributed to David, presented in a four-column parallel format showing the King James Version (with Strong's concordance numbers), the Greek Septuagint, the Hebrew Masoretic text, and the Latin Vulgate \u2014 making it a scholarly interlinear/comparative resource for textual study. The psalm is classified as a *Shiggaion* (a rare musical or literary designation) and is framed as David's prayer to God concerning Cush the Benjamite, an otherwise obscure figure presumably making false accusations against him. Its central argument is an oath of personal innocence: the psalmist invites divine punishment upon himself *if* he has acted wrongly, then calls on God to arise in judgment against his enemies. The psalm pivots from personal plea to cosmic principle \u2014 God is described as a righteous judge who tests hearts and will eventually turn the wicked's own violence back on their own heads, using the vivid image of the enemy digging a pit only to fall into it themselves. The text closes not with resolution of the specific conflict but with a vow of praise, anchoring the psalmist's confidence in God's justice rather than any human outcome. The four-language parallel format is the document's most distinctive feature, designed for readers comparing manuscript traditions or doing word-level exegesis across the major textual witnesses to the Hebrew Bible.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 7","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1027}