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Verse Psalms 7:16. _SHALL COME DOWN UPON HIS OWN PATE._] Upon his
_scalp_, קדקד kodkod, the top of the head. It may refer to
_knocking the_ _criminal on the head_, in order to deprive him of
life. Had...
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HIS MISCHIEF - The mischief which he had designed for others.
SHALL RETURN UPON HIS OWN HEAD - Shall come upon himself. The blow
which he aimed at others shall recoil on himself. This is but stating...
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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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PATE. head; especially the smooth skull. Put by Figure of speech
_Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for the whole person, for emphasis.
From "plate". the smooth top of the head (Skeat)....
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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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_HIS MISCHIEF SHALL RETURN UPON HIS OWN HEAD, AND HIS VIOLENT DEALING
SHALL COME DOWN UPON HIS OWN PATE._
His mischief - the mischief which be devised against me, but which
justly belongs to himself,...
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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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another figure for the same thing. Mischief is like a stone thrown up,
which falls back upon the thrower's head. PATE] Old English for
'head.'...
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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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_[Psalms 7:17]_ יָשׁ֣וּב עֲמָלֹ֣ו בְ
רֹאשֹׁ֑ו וְ...
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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 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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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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HIS MISCHIEF SHALL RETURN UPON HIS OWN HEAD,.... That which he
conceived and devised in his mind, and attempted to bring upon others,
shall fall upon himself, as a just judgment from heaven upon him;...
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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 the...
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_He made a pit_, &c. This is a proverbial manner of speech often used
in Scripture. It is taken from pits which are digged, and then covered
with the leaves of trees, or some such unstable materials,...
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His mischief shall return upon his own head, slaying him with his own
weapons, AND HIS VIOLENT DEALING SHALL COME DOWN UPON HIS OWN PATE,
the wrath of God thereby being made manifest upon the oppresso...
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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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Which phrase may note whence this retribution should come, even from
heaven, or from the righteous and remarkable judgment of God....
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Psalms 7:16 trouble H5999 return H7725 (H8799) head H7218 violent
H2555 down H3381 (H8799) crown H6936...
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HE DECLARES THAT THERE ARE EVEN NOW PRESENT CONSEQUENCES OF SIN
(PSALMS 7:14).
‘Behold he exerts himself with iniquity (worthlessness),
Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood....
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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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_Behold, he travaileth with iniquity._
THE ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH
1. That all the labour of wicked men against the Church is but labour
in vain in respect of their own intent and expectation.
2. That...
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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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_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...