Psalms 7:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. ”

Psalms 7:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let the enemy persecute my soul - Persecute my “life,” for so the word rendered “soul,” נפשׁ nephesh , is evidently used here. He was willing, if he had been guilty of the thing charged upon h...
Psalms 7:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine (d) honour in the dust. Selah. (d) Let me not only die, but be dishonoured forever.
Psalms 7:5 - 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 7:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

enemy . foe. Hebrew. 'oyeb. persecute... take... tread. Figure of speech Anabasis. App-6. it . me. Selah. Connecting the treading down of Psalms 7:5 with the rising up of Jehovah. See...
Psalms 7:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5 Let mine enemy pursue It is a striking proof of the great confidence which David had in his own integrity, when he is willing to endure any kind of punishment, however dreadful, provided h...
Psalms 7:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it ; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. Let the enemy persecute my soul - If I have been guilty of the...
Psalms 7:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. A consequence which he prays may follow IF he has done wha...
Psalms 7:5 - 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 7:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let the enemy. — Better, let an enemy. Persecute. — Literally, burn. (See Note on Psalms 10:2 .) Tread. — Used of a potter treading the clay ( Isaiah 41:25 ); of the trampling of horses...
Psalms 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it] ,.... That is, if the above things he was charged with could be proved against him; then he was content that Saul his enemy should pursue after him, an...
Psalms 7:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. Ver. 5. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it ] Thus...
Psalms 7:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let the enemy persecute my soul , &c. I am contented, and wish that Saul may so persecute my life as to overtake it, and take it away. And lay mine honour in the dust Meaning either 1st, that...
Psalms 7:5 - 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 7:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am contented, and wish that Saul may so persecute my life as to overtake it, and take it away. Mine honour ; either, 1. That honourable and royal estate to which I am chosen and designed. Or,...
Psalms 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 3:13 ; Isaiah 10:6 ; Isaiah 63:3 ; Jeremiah 17:13 ; Job 16:15 ; Job 31:38-40 ; Job 31:5-10 ; Job 40:12 ; Job 40:13 ; Malachi 4:3 ; Psalms 3:2 ; Psalms 44:5 ; Psalms 49:12 ; Psa...

Psalms 7:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 7:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 7:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 7:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 7:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 7:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 7:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 7:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 7:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 7:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 7:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 7:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 7:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 7:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 7:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 7:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 7:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 7:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 7:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 7:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 7:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge