Chapter 7
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
A. M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.) Shiggaion. {Shiggaion} probably denotes a mournful song or, elegy, from the Arabic {shaga,} to be anxious, sorrowful
words
or, business.
Cush
Cush signifies black, an epithet, in all languages, when applied to the mind, expressive of moral turpitude; and therefore probably here applied to Shimei, denoting that he was a calumniator and villain.
O
13:3,5 18:28 30:2,12 43:4 89:26 Joshua 14:8 Jeremiah 31:18 Daniel 9:4,19,20 Zechariah 14:5
in
11:1 18:2 25:2 26:1 31:1 32:10 146:3-6 Isaiah 50:10 1 Peter 1:21
save
3:7 17:7-9 31:15 35:1-3 Jeremiah 15:15 20:11 1 Peter 4:19
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Lest
like
10:9 17:12 22:13 Deuteronomy 33:20 Proverbs 19:12 2 Timothy 4:17 1 Peter 5:8
rending
while
Judges 18:28 2 Samuel 14:6 *marg:; Job 10:7
not to deliver
Heb. not a deliverer.
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
if I
59:3 Joshua 22:22 1 Samuel 20:8 22:8,13 24:9 26:18,19 2 Samuel 16:7,8 Job 16:17-19
if there
66:18 1 Samuel 24:11 Job 11:14
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
If I
55:20 109:5 Genesis 44:4 Proverbs 17:3 Jeremiah 18:20,21
I have
1 Samuel 24:7,10,11 26:9-17,24
without
1 Samuel 19:4,5 20:1 22:14 24:11-15,17-19 25:28,29 26:21
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Let
tread
44:5 60:12 Job 40:12 Isaiah 10:6 63:3 Zechariah 10:5 Malachi 4:3
lay
49:12 Job 16:15 40:13 Jeremiah 17:13
Selah
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Arise
3:7 12:5 35:1,23 44:26 68:1,2 Isaiah 3:13
lift up
74:3 94:1,2 Isaiah 33:10 37:20
awake
44:23 59:5 73:20 78:65 Isaiah 51:9
to the
76:8,9 103:6 2 Samuel 17:14 *marg:
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
So
48:11 58:10,11 Revelation 11:17,18 16:5-7 18:20 19:2
return
93:4 113:5,6 138:6 Isaiah 57:15
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
The Lord
9:8 11:4 82:1 96:13 98:9 Genesis 18:25 Acts 17:31 Romans 14:10-12 1 Corinthians 4:4,5
judge
26:1 35:24 43:1 Genesis 31:53 2 Chronicles 20:12
according
17:2,3 18:20-24 35:24-27 2 Corinthians 1:12
to mine
25:21 26:11 41:12 78:72 Proverbs 19:1 1 Thessalonians 2:10
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Oh
9:5,6 10:15,18 58:6 74:10,11,22,23 Isaiah 37:36-38 Daniel 11:45 Acts 12:23
but
37:23 *marg:; 40:2 1 Samuel 2:9 Romans 16:25 1 Thessalonians 3:13 1 Peter 5:10 Jude 1:1
for
17:3 44:21 139:1 1 Samuel 16:7 1 Chronicles 28:9 Jeremiah 11:20 17:10 20:12 Revelation 2:23
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
My, etc
Heb. My buckler is upon God.
3:3 18:1,2 84:11 89:18 Genesis 15:1
which
112:2 125:4 Job 8:6 Proverbs 2:21 11:20 28:18
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
or, God is a righteous Judge
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
If
85:4 Isaiah 55:6,7 Jeremiah 31:18,19 Ezekiel 18:30 33:11 Matthew 3:10 Acts 3:19
he will
Deuteronomy 32:41 Isaiah 27:1 34:5 Ezekiel 21:9-11,23
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
ordaineth
11:2 45:5 64:3,7 144:6 Deuteronomy 32:23,42 Job 6:4 Lamentations 3:12,13 Habakkuk 3:11,13
persecutors
2 Thessalonians 1:6 Revelation 6:10 16:6
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Job 15:20,35 Isaiah 33:11 59:4,5 James 1:15
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
made
Heb. hath digged.
35:7 119:85 Job 6:27 Jeremiah 18:20
and is
9:15,16 10:2 35:8 94:13 140:9,10 141:10 Esther 7:10 Job 4:8 Proverbs 5:22 26:27 Ecclesiastes 10:8,9
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
36:4,12 37:12,13 1 Samuel 23:9 24:12,13 26:10 28:19 31:3,4 1 Kings 2:32 Esther 9:25 Malachi 2:3-5
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
according
35:28 51:14 71:15,16 98:2 111:3 145:7