Psalms 7:1-17

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 here referred to (2 Samuel 18:21). The absenee of any Scripture mention of Cush makes it all the more probable that the title of this Ps. is genuine, and not invented. The Psalmist asserts his own innocence (Psalms 7:1), calls on God, the righteous Judge of all the earth, to exercise His power against evil-doers (Psalms 7:7), and describes how the malice of the wicked works its own defeat (Psalms 7:14).

Title.—Shiggaion] perhaps, 'a wandering (i.e. changeful) melody.'