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ifאִםI have repaidגָּמַלְתִּיwith evilרָעthe one at peace with me,שׁוֹלְמִיI who deliveredוָאֲחַלְּצָהmy adversaryצוֹרְרִיwithout cause,רֵיקָם
Psalms 7:4
Study it in the app“if I have repaid with evil the one at peace with me, I who delivered my adversary without cause,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 7:4, word by word
- I have repaidגָּמַלְתִּיgamalti
repay
To treat someone as they deserve.
Where else “gamalti” appears- with evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- the one at peace with meשׁוֹלְמִsholmi
make peace
To come to terms with someone.
Where else “sholmi” appears- I who deliveredאֲחַלְּצָachaltsa
deliver
To get someone out of danger.
Where else “achaltsa” appears- my adversaryצוֹרְרִtsorri
harass
To be someone's enemy.
Where else “tsorri” appears- without causeרֵיקָםrekam
without cause
Without reason, with no cause to justify it.
Where else “rekam” appears
Translation note
The second half is difficult. Here the verb is read with its usual sense in the Psalms, “deliver”: it can be understood that he even let go the one who attacked him without reason (compare 1 Samuel 24). It can also be read: “or have plundered my adversary without cause.”
The context
3YHWH my Elohim, if I have done this, if there is injustice in my hands,
4 · This verse (above)
5let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and trample my life to the ground, and make my honor dwell in the dust. Selah.