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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 7:13

Him — For the wicked. Ordaineth — Designs or fits for this very use. Of all sinners, persecutors are set up as the fairest marks of Divine wrath. They set God at defiance but cannot set themselves out of the reach of his judgments.

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See also Psalms 7:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 7:13. _HE HATH ALSO PREPARED FOR HIM THE INSTRUMENTS OF_ _DEATH_] This appears to be all a prophecy of the tragical death of _Saul_. He was wounded by the _arrows_ of the _Philistines_; a...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HE HATH ALSO PREPARED FOR HIM - The instruments of punishment are already prepared, and God can use them when he pleases. They are not to be made ready, and, therefore, there is no necessity for delay...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ORDAINETH. will ordain....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE ORDAINETH HIS ARROWS, &C.— _He will make his_ {_arrows to pursue._ / _pursuing arrows._}...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _HE HATH ALSO PREPARED FOR HIM THE INSTRUMENTS OF DEATH; HE ORDAINETH HIS ARROWS AGAINST THE PERSECUTORS._ Ordaineth-`maketh.' against the persecutors. Gesenius translates, 'He maketh his arrows burn...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    7:13 him (i-6) Or 'pointed at him.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE ORDAINETH, etc.] RV 'He maketh his arrows fiery _shafts_'The sense is parallel with the last clause of Psalms 7:12....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    INSTRUMENTS OF DEATH. — That is, _deadly weapons._ AGAINST THE PERSECUTORS. — Literally, _for those burning;_ so LXX. and Vulg. The meaning appears to be, “His arrows he makes into fiery arrows” — _i....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 7:14]_ וְ֭ לֹו הֵכִ֣ין כְּלֵי ־מָ֑וֶת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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,

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Except you. Hebrew, "if he be not." Houbigant would read, "God will not be turned aside." (Berthier) --- "For him who does not change, he will sharpen his sword." (St. Jerome) (Haydock) --- God threa...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HE HATH ALSO PREPARED FOR HIM THE INSTRUMENTS OF DEATH,.... The weapons of his indignation, Isaiah 13:5; which, will issue both in the first and second death, corporeal and eternal; the instruments of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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 _...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He ordaineth His arrows against the persecutors, the burning arrows and darts of His lightnings being tile messengers of His punishment....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    David's Confident Trust...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FOR HIM; either, 1. For or against the persecutor, as it follows. Or rather, 2. For himself, for his own use, to wit, to shoot against his enemies. THE INSTRUMENTS OF DEATH, i.e. arrows, or other dea...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 7:13 prepares H3559 (H8689) instruments H3627 death H4194 makes H6466 (H8799) arrows H2671 shafts H1814 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 7:13 I. Consider from this instance how often there lurk meanings of mercy and of love in the Psalms when upon the surface of them all seems to breathe (like Saul on the road to Damascus) of th...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He ordaineth His arrows against the persecutors._ GOD’S ARROWS Mercy and love often lurk in the meanings of these Psalms, which on their surface seem, like Saul on the road to Damascus, to breathe t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Thessalonians 1:6; Deuteronomy 32:23; Deuteronomy 32:42; Habakkuk 3:11;...

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