Psalms 7:1 «Shiggaion 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 all them that persecute me, and deliver me: _Shiggaion of David_] _i.e._ David's delight or solace, say some; his mixed song, or synodee,... [ Continue Reading ]
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces, while [there is] none to deliver. Ver. 2. _Lest he tear my soul like a lion_] _i.e._ Put me to a cruel and tormenting death; exercising against me both cruelty and also craft, by taking me at such a time as there is none to deliver me.... [ Continue Reading ]
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; Ver. 3. _O Lord my God_] _See Trapp on "_ Psa 7:1 _"_ If I have done this] _i.e._ This treachery and treason, whereof Saul doth causelessly suspect me, and wherewith his pick thank partisans unjustly charge me. As for sedition,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 reconciliation, or betrayed my trust. _ Yea, I have delivered him that, &c._] This was true Christi... [ Continue Reading ]
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. Ver. 5. _Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it_] Thus he cleareth himself by a holy imprecation (the Spanish Bible hath the _Shiggaion Davidis,_ in the titl... [ Continue Reading ]
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded. Ver. 6. _Arise, O Lord, in thine anger_] Here David repeateth and reinforceth his suit, filling his mouth with arguments for that purpose, such as he we... [ Continue Reading ]
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. Ver. 7. _So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about_] As people love to flock to assizes, or such places of judicature, where sentence is passed upon great ones that have offen... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me. Ver. 8. _The Lord shall judge the people_] The Ethiopian judges leave the chief seat ever empty, thereby acknowledging that God is the chief judge. _ Accordiny to my r... [ Continue Reading ]
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. Ver. 9. _Oh let the wickedness, &c._] Put a stop to their rage and rancour. _ But establish the just_] The overthrow of the one will be a strengthening to the other; as it... [ Continue Reading ]
My defence [is] of God, which saveth the upright in heart. Ver. 10. _My defence is of God_] Heb. My buckler is upon God. _See Trapp on "_ Psa 3:3 _"_ Which saveth the upright in heart] Of which number I know myself to he one; and do, therefore, look for his salvation.... [ Continue Reading ]
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] every day. Ver. 11. _God is angry with the wicked every day_] Or, all day long; they are under the arrest of his wrath, and liable to the wrath to come. Children they are of wrath, because of disobedience. One rendereth it, God troubled... [ Continue Reading ]
_If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready._ Ver. 12. _If he turn not_] _sc._ _Impius ab impietate sua,_ saith R. Solomon, If the wicked turn not from his wickedness, by true and timely repentance. _ He will whet his sword, he hath bent his bow_] _i.e._ God wil... [ Continue Reading ]
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. Ver. 13. _He hath also prepared, &c._] The punishment of ungodly persons is here elegantly set forth by three similitudes. 1. From warfare. 2. From child birth, Psalms 7:14 Psalms 7:3. From hunt... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. Ver. 14. _Behold, he travaileth with iniquity_] Heb. he shall travail, or he continually travaileth; he taketh as great pains to go to hell as a travailing woman doth to be delivered. _ And hath conceive... [ Continue Reading ]
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made. Ver. 15. _He made a pit, and digged it, &c._] This simile shows, that the wicked shall not only be frustrated, but undone by their own doing; as was Absalom, Haman, our gunpowder Papists, Pope Alexander VI, and his son Caes... [ Continue Reading ]
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. Ver. 16. _His mischief shall return upon his own head_] As the Thracians' arrows did, which they in a rage (because it rained upon them unseasonably) shot up against heaven (Herodot.). _ And his... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high._ Ver. 17. _I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness_] _i.e._ His faithfulness in keeping promise with his people, and with myself in particular. I will say to his honour, as... [ Continue Reading ]