Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 7:3
Hands — Which Cush and others falsely lay to my charge. Iniquity — In my actions.
Hands — Which Cush and others falsely lay to my charge. Iniquity — In my actions.
Verse Psalms 7:3. _IF I HAVE DONE THIS_] David was accused by Saul of _affecting the kingdom_; and of _waiting_ for an opportunity to _take_ _away the life of his king, his patron_, and his _friend_....
O LORD MY GOD - A solemn appeal to God as to the sincerity and truth of what he was about to say. IF I HAVE DONE THIS - This thing charged upon me, for it is evident that “Cush,” whoever he was, had a...
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
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...
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'aval._ App-44. not the same as Psalms 7:14. IN MY HANDS. Hands put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is done by them....
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...
_O LORD MY GOD, IF I HAVE DONE THIS; IF THERE BE INIQUITY IN MY HANDS;_ If I have done this - namely, that which my calumniators lay to my charge (Psalms 7:4; cf. 1 Samuel 24:9), "David said to Saul,...
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...
IF I HAVE DONE THIS] with which Cush charged him. See further in Psalms 7:4....
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...
THIS — _i.e., this with which I am charged_ — the Benjamite’s slander. IF THERE BE INIQUITY. — A comparison with 1 Samuel 24:12, and still more 1 Samuel 26:18, shows how closely this psalm is connecte...
_[Psalms 7:4]_ יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי אִם ־עָשִׂ֣יתִי זֹ֑את...
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...
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,
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...
O LORD my God, if I have done (b) this; if there be iniquity in my hands; (b) With which Cush charges me....
Lion. In a spiritual sense this is the devil, 1 Peter v. 8. (St. Augustine) --- "Let him only see the sign of the cross, or the lamp continually burning before the altar, he will flee away. Should we...
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...
3_O Jehovah my God _Here David, to induce God to show him favour, protests that he is molested unjustly, and without being guilty of any crime. To give his protestation the greater weight, he uses an...
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...
O LORD MY GOD, IF I HAVE DONE THIS. The crime which Saul and his courtiers charged him with, and which was made so public that every body knew it; and therefore it was needless particularly to mention...
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...
_O Lord, if I have done this_ Which Cush and others falsely lay to my charge; _if there be iniquity in my hands_ In my actions, the hand being often put for actions whereof it is a great instrument: “...
O Lord, my God, here the mighty Ruler and Judge of the universe, IF I HAVE DONE THIS; IF THERE BE INIQUITY IN MY HANDS, namely, the crime charged to him by Cush;...
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...
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...
IF I HAVE DONE THIS, i.e. that which Cush and others falsely lay to my charge. If I design or have endeavoured to take away Saul's crown and life by violence, as Saul's courtiers maliciously reported,...
Psalms 7:3 LORD H3068 God H430 done H6213 (H8804) is H3426 iniquity H5766 hands H3709 if I -...
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...
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...
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....
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 22:13; 1 Samuel 22:8; 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 S