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Verse Psalms 7:12. _IF HE TURN NOT_] This clause the _Syriac_ adds to
the preceding verse. Most of the versions read, "If ye return not."
Some contend, and not without a great show of probability, th...
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IF HE TURN NOT - If the wicked person does not repent. in the previous
verse the psalmist had said that God is angry with the wicked every
day; he here states what must be the consequence to the wicke...
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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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HE: i.e. God.
HIS SWORD... BOW. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._...
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IF HE TURN NOT, HE WILL WHET HIS SWORD— _Since he will not turn
back, he is whetting his sword, i.e._ "Since this particular enemy of
David's will not turn, &c." The Psalmist is supposed, to see God
p...
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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 HE TURN NOT, HE WILL WHET HIS SWORD; HE HATH BENT HIS BOW, AND
MADE IT READY._
If he turn not. There is this merciful proviso always made, that
judgment will descend only if the sinner will "not...
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7:12 one (g-2) Or, 'if he,' i.e. 'the wicked one.' ready, (h-18) Or
'adjusted it.'...
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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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Read, 'If a man turn not He (God) will whet,' etc....
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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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IF HE TURN NOT. — The Hebrew is doubly idiomatic. Translate _surely_
(see Hebrews 3:11, with Note in _New Testament Commentary_)_, He will
again whet His sword._ It is true that the verb _to turn_ in...
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_[Psalms 7:13]_ אִם ־לֹ֣א יָ֭שׁוּב חַרְבֹּ֣ו
יִלְטֹ֑ושׁ...
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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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If (k) he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and
made it ready.
(k) Unless Saul changes his mind, I will die, for he has both the men
and weapons to destroy me. Thus considering...
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Strong. Hebrew el, means also " God threatening every day;" (Haydock)
which must be a proof of his patience, as the Septuagint have
intimated, since he could destroy at once. Thus numquid, must be
ren...
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If we read these verses with reference to David's history, how were
these truths confirmed in the instance of the Benjamite Saul? And if
we read them with reference to a greater than David, even David...
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_THE PATIENT GOD_
‘God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient: and God is provoked
every day.’
Psalms 7:12 (Prayer Book Version)
Consider how patience comes, and especially how it arises from a...
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12_If he turn not _These verses are usually explained in two ways. The
meaning is, that if David’s enemies should persevere in their
malicious designs against him, there is denounced against them the...
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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 HE TURN NOT,.... Not God, but the enemy, or the wicked man, spoken
of Psalms 7:5; if he turn not from his wicked course of life, to the
Lord to live to him, and according to his will; unless he is...
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_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 wicked...
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_If he_ The wicked man last mentioned; _turn not_ From his wicked
course; _he_ God; _will whet his sword_ Will prepare, and hasten, and
speedily execute his judgments upon him. _He hath bent his bow _...
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If he, namely, the wicked person, TURN NOT, HE WILL WHET HIS SWORD,
for a just and severe retribution; HE HATH BENT HIS BOW AND MADE IT
READY, for the sudden destruction of the ungodly....
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David's Confident Trust...
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10-17 David is confident that he shall find God his powerful Saviour.
The destruction of sinners may be prevented by their conversion; for
it is threatened, If he turn not from his evil way, let him...
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IF HE, i.e. the wicked man last mentioned, either Cush or Saul, turn
not from this wicked course of calumnating or persecuting me, _he_,
i.e. God, who is often designed by this pronoun, being easily t...
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Psalms 7:12 turn H7725 (H8799) sharpen H3913 (H8799) sword H2719 bends
H1869 (H8804) bow H7198 ready...
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HE REVEALS THAT GOD IS A PRESENT JUDGE ON ALL (PSALMS 7:11).
‘God (Elohim) is a righteous judge,
Yes, a God (El) who has indignation every day.
If a man turn not, he will whet his sword,
He has be...
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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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_Let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end._
THE SELF-DESTROYING POWER OF WICKEDNESS
The accents require Psalms 7:9 to be rendered, “Let wickedness make
an end of the wicked,” but that introduc...
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_If he turn not, He will whet His sword; He hath bent His bow, and
made it ready._
TURN OR BURN
So, then, God has a sword, and He will punish man on account of
iniquity. This evil generation hath so...
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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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He will — God will hasten, and speedily execute his judgments upon
him....