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Verse Psalms 7:4. _YEA, I HAVE DELIVERED HIM_] When, in the course of
thy providence, thou didst put his life in my hand in the _cave_, I
contented myself with cutting off his skirt, merely to show h...
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IF I HAVE REWARDED EVIL UNTO HIM THAT WAS AT PEACE WITH ME - If I have
done evil; or if I have requited him that was friendly by some unjust
and evil conduct. If I have come upon him wantonly and unpr...
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Psalms 7
_ 1. Confidence and prayer (Psalms 7:1)_
2. Unjust persecution (Psalms 7:3)
3. Arise Jehovah! (Psalms 7:6)
4. God's dealings in governm
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VII. A AND VII. B. Here two Pss. have been welded together. In Psalms
7:1; Psalms 7:12 a man hard bestead in spite of his innocence pleads
his cause before God. In Psalms 7:6 Israel personified asks f...
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EVIL. Hebrew. _raa'._ App-44.
DELIVERED. rescued. Aramaean and Syriac read "oppressed".
ENEMY. adversary. Hebrew. _zarar_....
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IF I HAVE REWARDED EVIL, &C.— Or, _If I have repayed_ [_evil_] _to
him who dealt ill with me; or if I have despoiled him, who without
cause was my enemy._ The verse, according to our translation, poin...
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PSALMS 7
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
One Wrongfully Accused Commits his Vindication to the Righteous Judge
of All the Earth.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 7:1-2, Appeal to Jehovah for Safety. Stanza II.,
Psalms...
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_IF I HAVE REWARDED EVIL UNTO HIM THAT WAS AT PEACE WITH ME; (YEA, I
HAVE DELIVERED HIM THAT WITHOUT CAUSE IS MINE ENEMY:)_
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me. If, as my
calum...
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7:4 that (m-19) Or 'or have despoiled him that,' &c....
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This Ps. is an appeal to God as the righteous Judge against an
ungrateful and vindictive enemy. Nothing is known of Cush the
Benjamite, but the case of Shimei affords a parallel to the
circumstances h...
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The second clause may be read without the parenthesis, 'or despoiled
him that without cause was mine adversary.'...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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YEA, I HAVE — _i.e., on the contrary, so far from returning evil for
good, I have returned good for evil._ With allusion, there can be
little doubt, to the incidents referred to in the last Note. From...
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_[Psalms 7:5]_ אִם ־גָּ֭מַלְתִּי
שֹֽׁולְמִ֥י רָ֑ע וָ...
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Psalms 7:1
THIS is the only psalm with the title "Shiggaion." The word occurs
only here and in Habakkuk 3:1, where it stands in the plural, and with
the preposition "upon," as if it designated instrum...
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REFUGE IN GOD FROM EVIL MEN
Psalms 7:1
This psalm should be compared with 1 Samuel 24:1; 1 Samuel 25:1; 1
Samuel 26:1. Cush,
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This is a song of the singer's confidence and appeal in circumstances
of the most trying description. He is persecuted by enemies, some
among them being violent and cruel. The basis of their attack wo...
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(c) If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea,
I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
(c) If I did not reverence Saul for affinities sake, and preserved his
li...
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_Thing, alluding to some calumny, (Haydock) with which he was assailed
(Worthington) by Saul, Absalom, and Semei. (Berthier) --- He disclaims
all such ambitious or unjust sentiments, though he allows...
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While we keep our eye stedfastly on Christ, as the person here
specially treated of, we may secondarily, and subordinately, look at
David, king of Israel. We by no means lessen the importance of the
f...
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In the second clause of the fourth verse, he proceeds farther, and
states, that he had been a friend, not only to the good, but also to
the bad, and had not only restrained himself from all revenge, b...
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Psalms 7 appeals to Jehovah, on the ground of the righteous and more
than righteous dealing of the godly with their enemies, that Jehovah
may arise and awake to the judgment He has commanded, and that...
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IF I HAVE REWARDED EVIL UNTO HIM THAT WAS AT PEACE WITH ME,.... That
is, when Saul was at peace with him; when he lived at his court, and
ate at his table his meaning is, that he did not conspire agai...
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If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I
have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Ver. 4. _If I have rewarded evil, &c._] If I have broke the conditions
of our...
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_If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me_ He
probably means to Saul, when he was peaceable and friendly toward him;
for David was charged with evil designs against Saul, before Saul...
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if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me, becoming
guilty of treachery toward those who trusted him; (YEA, I HAVE
DELIVERED HIM THAT WITHOUT CAUSE IS MINE ENEMY, rather, plundered
wi...
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SUPPLICATION OF A BELIEVER AGAINST SLANDER.
The Petition.
Shiggaion of David, a plaintive song, or elegy, full of emotion, which
is apparent it both in the structure and in the accompanying music,
w...
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1-9 David flees to God for succour. But Christ alone could call on
Heaven to attest his uprightness in all things. All His works were
wrought in righteousness; and the prince of this world found noth...
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Psalms 7:4 repaid H1580 (H8804) evil H7451 peace H7999 (H8802)
plundered H2502 (H8762) enemy H6887 ...
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HE PLEADS HIS OWN INNOCENCE (PSALMS 7:3).
O YHWH, my God, if I have done this,
If there be iniquity in my hands,
If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me,
Yes, I have delivered him...
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CONTENTS: David prays for deliverance from persecutors.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: When the believer is slandered he has the court of heaven
to fly to and a righteous Judge who is the patro...
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The title of this psalm is similar to that of Zechariah 3:1. It is
called, not a psalm, but _Shiggaion_ or _Shigionoth_ of David; which
he sung to the Lord concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite....
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_O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my
hands._
THE APPEAL OF CONSCIOUS INTEGRITY
When near his end Mahomet made an effort to obtain himself the peace
and pardon of the living...
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_O Lord my God, in Thee do I put my trust._
AN APPEAL FROM THE SLANDERED
I. The appeal (Psalms 7:1; Psalms 7:6). A petition for freedom and
deliverance from his persecutors, in which he desires God t...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 7:1. The title of this individual lament
from David refers to an otherwise unknown incident in his life when a
man of Benjamin (the tribe of Saul) slandered David. The psalm...
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INTRODUCTION
“From the matter of this psalm it appears that it was composed with
reference to some calumny on the character of David; but commentators
are not agreed as to when and by whom this injur...
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EXPOSITION
THE composition of this psalm by David, asserted in the title, is
generally allowed. Internal evidence seems to indicate for its date
the earlier portion of David's public life—that during...
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The seventh psalm is Shiggaion. Which means the loud crying of David
which he sang unto the Lord concerning the words of Cush, the
Benjamite.
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from al...
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1 Samuel 19:4; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 20:1; 1 Samuel 22:14; 1 Sa
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Deliver — When it was in my power to destroy him, as 1 Samuel 24:2....