Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite
7:Title “Shiggaion” – no man now knows the meaning of this Hebrew word. It was probably a literary or musical term.⚜
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📚O LORD my God,in you I put my trust.
Save me and deliver me
from all those who
persecute me,
2 📚Or he will tear my soul
like a lion,
ripping it in pieces,
while there is no
one to bring deliverance.
7:1-2 For believers God Himself is the refuge from all enemies, all troubles – Ps 2:12; 9:9; 14:6; 46:1; 57:1; 59:16; 62:7-8; 91:2; 142:5; Deut 33:27; 2 Sam 22:3; Isa 25:4; Jer 16:19; Heb 6:18. He is well able to save and deliver His people – vs 8,9,16. This is an unusual feature of this psalm. Great danger cries out for a great God.⚜
3 📚O LORD my God,
if I have done this,
if there is wickedness
in my hands;
4 📚If I have repaid evil to him
who was at peace with me
(yes, I have delivered him
who without cause is
my enemy)
7:4 The Hebrew of the last phrase is obscure and difficult. It may also be translated “or without cause have robbed my foe”.⚜
5 📚Let the enemy pursue me
and overtake me;
yes, let him trample down
my life on the earth,
and lay my honour in the dust. Selah
7:3-5 This is similar to Job’s defense of his integrity in Job chapter 31. See also Samuel’s words to the people in 1 Sam 12:1-3 and David’s words to Saul in 1 Sam 24:9-15; 1 Sam 26:17-20.⚜
6 📚Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
rise up because of the rage
of my enemies,
and awake for me to the judgment
you have decreed.
7 📚So the congregation of the people
will gather around you.
For their sakes, therefore,
return on high.
8 📚The LORD will judge 📖 the people.
Judge me, O LORD, according
to my righteousness,
and according to my
inner integrity.
9 📚Oh, let the wickedness of
the wicked come to an end,
but establish the just;
for the righteous God tests
the hearts and minds.
7:6-9 See note at Ps 35:8. Here David wants judgment to come on the wicked for these five reasons – for justice’s sake (v 6), for a display of God’s rightful place as ruler (v 7), that David’s integrity might be revealed (v 8), that violence might be ended (v 9), that the righteous might be established in the earth (v 9).⚜
10 📚My defense 📖 is from God
who saves the upright in heart.
11 📚God is a righteous judge,
and God is angry 📖 with the wicked
every day.
12 📚If he does not turn back,
he will sharpen his sword 📖.
He will bend his bow,
and make it ready.
13 📚He has also prepared deadly
weapons for himself;
he makes his flaming
arrows ready.
14 📚Look, the wicked travails
with wickedness,
and conceives trouble,
and gives birth to falsehood.
15 📚He made a pit, and dug it out;
and has fallen into the ditch
which he made.
16 📚His trouble will return
on his own head,
and his violent acts will come
down on his own crown.
17 📚I will praise 📖 📖 the LORD in accordance
with his righteousness 📖,
and will sing praise to the name
of the LORD Most High 📖.