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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...
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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...
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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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ORDAINETH. will ordain....
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HE ORDAINETH HIS ARROWS, &C.— _He will make his_ {_arrows to
pursue._ / _pursuing arrows._}...
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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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_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...
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7:13 him (i-6) Or 'pointed at him.'...
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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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HE ORDAINETH, etc.] RV 'He maketh his arrows fiery _shafts_'The sense
is parallel with the last clause of Psalms 7:12....
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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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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....
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_[Psalms 7:14]_ וְ֭ לֹו הֵכִ֣ין כְּלֵי
־מָ֑וֶת...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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....
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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_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...
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 1:6; Deuteronomy 32:23; Deuteronomy 32:42; Habakkuk
3:11;...
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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...