Psalms 7:9
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
- KJV
- Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
- WEB
- Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
- ASV
- O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
- DARBY
- Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.
- BLB
- Please, let the evil of the wicked cease, and may you establish the righteous—even the One testing hearts and kidneys, O Righteous God.
- ÅB
- Men la de ugudeliges ondskap få ende og den rettferdige stå fast!
Du er jo den som prøver hjerter og sinn[^2],
en rettferdig Gud. - OTB
- La de ondes ondskap ta slutt, men etabler de rettferdige;
For den rettferdige Gud undersøker hjerter og sinn. - B1930
- La dog de ugudeliges ondskap få ende og den rettferdige stå fast! Du er jo den som prøver hjerter og nyrer, en rettferdig Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Read in contextJeremiah 11:20
O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
Read in contextJeremiah 20:12
O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
Read in context1 Chronicles 28:9
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
Read in context1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
Read in contextPsalms 139:1
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
Read in contextPsalms 11:5
The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
Read in contextPsalms 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
Read in context