Psalms 7:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. ”

Psalms 7:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity - The wicked man does. The allusion here is to the pains and throes of child-birth; and the idea is, that the wicked man labors or struggles, even with great p...
Psalms 7:14 - 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 7:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos, App-6. travaileth... conceived... brought forth. Figure of speech Anabasis. App-6. travaileth . will travail. iniquity. Hebrew 'aven App-44. i, not sa...
Psalms 7:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14 Behold, he shall travail David has hitherto shown how great and formidable the danger was which was near him. In this verse, laughing to scorn the presumptuous and foolish attempts of Sau...
Psalms 7:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He travaileth with iniquity - All these terms show the pitch of envy, wrath, and malevolence, to which S...
Psalms 7:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, he travaileth, &c.— This verse is by some expositors more clearly rendered thus: Behold he is travailing with his iniquity; for he had conceived mischief, and therefore he will bring f...
Psalms 7:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He traveleth ... and hath conceived mischief ... falsehood. Describing the sinner's laborious co...
Psalms 7:14 - 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 7:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Behold, he travaileth. — The poet’s thought recurs to the calumniator, whose sin has deserved all this Divine wrath, and he sees the truth that God’s judgments are not arbitrary, but follow natural...
Psalms 7:14 - 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 7:14 - 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 7:14 - 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 7:14 - 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 7:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity ,.... Is full of it, and big with it, as a woman with child, and eagerly desires to bring it forth, and is in pain till he commits it; and hath conceived mischi...
Psalms 7:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. Ver. 14. Behold, he travaileth with iniquity ] Heb. he shall travail, or he continually travaileth; h...
Psalms 7:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold , he That is, the wicked, travaileth with iniquity , &c. This metaphor denotes his deep design and vigorous endeavours for doing mischief; and his restlessness and pain till he have acco...
Psalms 7:14 - 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 7:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He, i.e. the wicked, as is undeniably manifest from the matter and context. Conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood: this metaphor noteth his deep design, and continued course, and vigoro...
Psalms 7:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Declares That There Are Even Now Present Consequences of Sin ( Psalms 7:14-16 ). ‘Behold he exerts himself with iniquity (worthlessness), Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth fals...
Psalms 7:14 - 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 7:14 - 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 7:14 - 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 7:14 - 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 7:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Confident Trust
Psalms 7:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 33:11 ; Isaiah 59:4 ; Isaiah 59:5 ; James 1:15 ; Job 15:20 ; Job 15:35
Psalms 7:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Travelleth — This metaphor denotes his deep design, and vigorous endeavours for doing mischief, and his restlessness and pain 'till he have accomplished it.

Psalms 7:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 7:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 7:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 7:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 7:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 7:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 7:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 7:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 7:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 7:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 7:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 7:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 7:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 7:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 7:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 7:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 7:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 7:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 7:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 7:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 7:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 7:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes