“ My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. ”
My defense is of God - The meaning here is, that God was his protector, and that in his troubles he confided in him. The original word here, as in Psalms 3:3 , note; Psalms 5:12 , note; is “shi...
VII. A and VII. B . Here two Pss. have been welded together. In Psalms 7:1-5 ; Psalms 7:12-17 a man hard bestead in spite of his innocence pleads his cause before God. In Psalms 7:6-11 Israel p...
defence . shield. See note on "shield", Psa 6:12. upright. Plural.
10. My shield It is not wonderful that David often mingles meditations with his prayers, thereby to inspire himself with true confidence. We may go to God in prayer with great alacrity; but...
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. My defense is of God - I now leave my cause in the hands of my Judge. I have no uneasy or fearful apprehensions, because I know God will sav...
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. Defence - Hebrew 'buckler' (cf. note, Psalms 5:12 ). Is of God - literally, 'upon God.' Upon Him it rests to hold Him buckler ove...
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...
My defence. — Literally, as in margin, my shield is upon God. (Comp. Psalms 62:7 , “In God is my salvation,” where the Hebrew is as here, “God is my shield-bearer.”) Another explanation appears...
Psalms 7:1-17 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 designate...
Refuge in God from Evil Men Psalms 7:1-17 This psalm should be compared with 1 Samuel 24:1-22 ; 1 Samuel 25:1-44 ; 1 Samuel 26:1-25 . Cush, or “dark-complexioned,” may refer to a Benjamite...
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 w...
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 Davi...
My defence [is] of God ,.... Or "my shield [is] in" or "of God" e; God was his shield, his protector and defender; see Psalms 3:3 ; or "my shield [is] with God"; that is, Christ, who was the shield...
My defence [is] of God, which saveth the upright in heart. Ver. 10. My defence is of God ] Heb. My buckler is upon God. See Trapp on " Psa 3:3 " Which saveth the upright in heart] Of which n...
My defence is of God Hebrew, מגני על אלהים, maginni gnal Elohim, my shield is upon God. He, as it were, carries my shield before me: see 1 Samuel 17:7 . He does and will protect me against all...
The Persecutor's Doom. 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, an...
My defence is of God, Heb. My shield is upon God ; he doth as it were carry my shield before me. See 1 Samuel 17:7 . He doth and will protect me against all mine enemies. Which saveth the upri...
He Calls On God To Set Up a Court of Justice and Put All On Trial So That The World Can Begin Again ( Psalms 7:6-10 ). His plight has moved David to a consciousness of the way sin triumphs and the...
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 inju...
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 Benjamit...
O Lord my God, in Thee do I put my trust. An appeal from the slandered I. The appeal ( Psalms 7:1-2 ; Psalms 7:6 ). A petition for freedom and deliverance from his persecutors, in which he des...
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...
David's Confident Trust
Genesis 15:1 ; Job 8:6 ; Proverbs 11:20 ; Proverbs 2:21 ; Proverbs 28:18 ; Psalms 18:1 ; Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 3:3 ; Psalms 84:11 ; Psalms 89:18 ; Psalms 112:2 ; Psalms 125:4