Psalms 7:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) ”

Psalms 7:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me - If I have done evil; or if I have requited him that was friendly by some unjust and evil conduct. If I have come upon him wantonly and...
Psalms 7:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(c) If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) (c) If I did not reverence Saul for affinities sake, and preserved his l...
Psalms 7:4 - 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 7:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

evil. Hebrew. raa'. App-44. delivered . rescued. Aramaean and Syriac read "oppressed". enemy . adversary. Hebrew. zarar .
Psalms 7:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

In the second clause of the fourth verse, he proceeds farther, and states, that he had been a friend, not only to the good, but also to the bad, and had not only restrained himself from all rev...
Psalms 7:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) Yea, I have delivered him - When, in the course of thy providence, thou didst...
Psalms 7:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If I have rewarded evil, &c.— Or, If I have repayed [ evil ] to him who dealt ill with me; or if I have despoiled him, who without cause was my enemy. The verse, according to our translatio...
Psalms 7:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me. If, as my...
Psalms 7:4 - 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 7:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Yea, I have — i.e., on the contrary, so far from returning evil for good, I have returned good for evil. With allusion, there can be little doubt, to the incidents referred to in the last Note. F...
Psalms 7:4 - 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 7:4 - 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 7:4 - 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 7:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While we keep our eye stedfastly on Christ, as the person here specially treated of, we may secondarily, and subordinately, look at David, king of Israel. We by no means lessen the importance of the...
Psalms 7:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me ,.... That is, when Saul was at peace with him; when he lived at his court, and ate at his table his meaning is, that he did not conspire a...
Psalms 7:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) Ver. 4. If I have rewarded evil, &c. ] If I have broke the conditions...
Psalms 7:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me He probably means to Saul, when he was peaceable and friendly toward him; for David was charged with evil designs against Saul, before Sau...
Psalms 7:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Prays Against His Enemies; Prayer for Sinners and Saints. Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning t...
Psalms 7:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Unto him that was at peace with me, i.e. to Saul, when he was peaceable and friendly towards me; for David was charged with evil designs against Saul before Saul broke out into open enmity against...
Psalms 7:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Pleads His Own Innocence ( Psalms 7:3-5 ). O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there be iniquity in my hands, If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, Yes, I have deliver...
Psalms 7:4 - 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 7:4 - 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 7:4 - 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 7:4 - 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 7:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Supplication of a Believer against Slander. The Petition. Shiggaion of David, a plaintive song, or elegy, full of emotion, which is apparent it both in the structure and in the accompanying musi...
Psalms 7:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:4 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 20:1 ; 1 Samuel 22:14 ; 1 Samuel 24:10 ; 1 Samuel 24:11 ; 1 Samuel 24:11-15 ; 1 Samuel 24:17-19 ; 1 Samuel 24:7 ; 1 Samuel 25:28 ; 1 Samuel 25:29 ;...
Psalms 7:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deliver — When it was in my power to destroy him, as 1 Samuel 24:2-6 .

Psalms 7:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 7:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 7:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 7:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 7:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 7:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 7:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 7:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 7:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 7:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 7:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 7:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 7:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 7:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 7:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes