Psalms 7:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. ”

Psalms 7:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord shall judge the people - Expressing his confident belief that God would interpose, and that his judgment would not much longer be delayed. The proposition is a general one - that God wou...
Psalms 7:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my (g) righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me. (g) As concerning my behaviour towards Saul and my enemies.
Psalms 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8 Jehovah shall judge the nations This sentence is closely connected with the preceding verse. David had prayed God to show himself as judge to the nations; and now he takes it for a certain...
Psalms 7:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. The Lord shall judge the people - He will execute justice and mainta...
Psalms 7:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

According to my righteousness— i.e. Referring to David, "Mine innocence, with respect to him, who persecutes me without cause." See the 3rd and 4th verses. In the same sense David calls himself...
Psalms 7:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. The people - Hebrew, 'peoples' х `amiym ( H5971 ): differe...
Psalms 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord shall. — Better, Jehovah judgeth the nations. Everything is complete, and the work of judgment begins. The poet prays that his sentence may be according to his own consciousness of right...
Psalms 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is there not in these words, concerning the judgment Jehovah hath commanded, a reference to the very judgment seat of Christ, to which the Lord our Mediator is appointed supreme judge, because he is...
Psalms 7:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord shall judge the people ,.... The inhabitants of the world in general; for God is the Judge of all the earth, and he judges the world in righteousness daily, and ministers judgment in uprigh...
Psalms 7:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me. Ver. 8. The Lord shall judge the people ] The Ethiopian judges le...
Psalms 7:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord shall judge the people The Sovereign of the world will not fail to dispense equal justice unto all, according to their works. Assured of which, I say, Judge me, O Lord, according to my ri...
Psalms 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It belongs to thee to judge all persons and people, and to give sentence between them, especially when they appeal unto thee; which I now do. If I be guilty of those evil designs towards him, wherewi...
Psalms 7:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Calls On God To Set Up a Court of Justice and Put All On Trial So That The World Can Begin Again ( Psalms 7:6-10 ). His plight has moved David to a consciousness of the way sin triumphs and the...
Psalms 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 7:8 I. Notice: (1) How the Scriptures speak of integrity, how manifold and bold the forms in which they commend it, and how freely the good men of the Scripture times testify their consciou...
Psalms 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord, the great Judge of all men, shall judge the people, David at that time confidently expecting a decision in his favor. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness; for he was sure of b...
Psalms 7:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:4 ; 1 Corinthians 4:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:10 ; 2 Chronicles 20:12 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; Acts 17:31 ; Genesis 18:25 ; Genesis 31:53 ; Proverbs 19:1 ; Psalms 11:4 ; Psalms 1...

Psalms 7:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 7:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 7:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 7:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 7:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 7:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 7:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 7:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 7:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 7:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 7:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 7:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 7:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 7:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 7:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge