“ He made a pit,b and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. ”
He made a pit - The allusion here is undoubtedly to a method of hunting wild beasts which was common in ancient times. It consists in digging a pit-fall, and covering it over with brush and grass...
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...
Here David says not only that their wicked devices were without success, but that, by the wonderful providence of God, the result was the very opposite of what had been contemplated. He sets th...
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. He made a pit - He determined the destruction of David. He laid his plans with much artifice; he executed them with zeal an...
He made a pit, &c.— This is a proverbial mode of speech often used in Scripture: it is taken from pits which are digged and then covered with the leaves of trees, or some such unstable material...
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. A pit - such as is prepared with branches and foliage over it, to entrap wild beasts in. How striking the righteous r...
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...
He hath made. — Better, he digged a pit, and hollowed it out. Milton: “He digged a pit, and delved it deep.” (15) Pate. — A word retained from Coverdale’s translation, and common in the Elizab...
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...
He made a pit and digged it ,.... That is, he digged a pit, and made it very large and capacious, to answer his purposes; and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made ; so it is said of the Heathe...
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made. Ver. 15. He made a pit, and digged it, &c. ] This simile shows, that the wicked shall not only be frustrated, but un...
He made a pit , &c. This is a proverbial manner of speech often used in Scripture. It is taken from pits which are digged, and then covered with the leaves of trees, or some such unstable materi...
The Persecutor's Doom. 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, an...
Hath brought that evil upon himself which he intended against me; which may be understood either of Saul, who whilst he plotted against David's life ran into apparent hazard of losing his own, 1Sa 24...
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...
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
Ecclesiastes 10:8 ; Ecclesiastes 10:9 ; Esther 7:10 ; Jeremiah 18:20 ; Job 4:8 ; Job 6:27 ; Proverbs 26:27 ; Proverbs 5:22 ; Psalms 10:2 ; Psalms 119:85 ; Psalms 140:10 ; Psalms 140:9 ;...