Psalms 7:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. ”

Psalms 7:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Psalms 7:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 7:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ordaineth . will ordain.
Psalms 7:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death - This appears to be all a prophecy of...
Psalms 7:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He ordaineth his arrows, &c.— He will make his { arrows to pursue. / pursuing arrows. }
Psalms 7:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 arrow...
Psalms 7:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 7:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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”...
Psalms 7:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 7:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 7:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 7:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 7:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 instrumen...
Psalms 7:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 elegant...
Psalms 7:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 7:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Persecutor's Doom. 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, an...
Psalms 7:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 o...
Psalms 7:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Reveals That God Is A Present Judge on All ( Psalms 7:11-13 ). ‘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, H...
Psalms 7:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 7:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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) o...
Psalms 7:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 7:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Psalms 7:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 7:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Confident Trust
Psalms 7:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 1:6 ; Deuteronomy 32:23 ; Deuteronomy 32:42 ; Habakkuk 3:11 ; Habakkuk 3:13 ; Job 6:4 ; Lamentations 3:12 ; Lamentations 3:13 ; Psalms 11:2 ; Psalms 144:6 ; Psalms 45:5 ;...
Psalms 7:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

Psalms 7:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 7:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 7:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 7:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 7:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 7:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 7:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 7:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 7:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 7:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 7:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 7:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 7:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 7:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 7:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 7:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 7:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 7:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 7:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 7:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 7:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 7:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 7:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes