Psalms 7:3

This — i.e., this with which I am charged — the Benjamite’s slander.

If there be iniquity. — A comparison with 1 Samuel 24:12-13, and still more 1 Samuel 26:18, shows how closely this psalm is connected with the two notorious instances of David’s magnanimous and generous conduct towards Saul.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 7:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O Lord my God - A solemn appeal to God as to the sincerity and truth of what he was about to say. If I have done this - This thing charged up...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

O LORD my God, if I have done (b) this; if there be iniquity in my hands; (b) With which Cush charges me.
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

iniquity. Hebrew. 'aval. App-44. not the same as Psalms 7:14 . in my hands. Hands put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for w...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3 O Jehovah my God Here David, to induce God to show him favour, protests that he is molested unjustly, and without being guilty of any crim...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; If I have done this - David was accused by Saul of affecting the kingdom; and o...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; If I have done this - namely, that which my calumniators lay to my char...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

If I have done this ] with which Cush charged him. See further in 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, a...
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,...
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 be...
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 Is...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O Lord my God, if I have done this. The crime which Saul and his courtiers charged him with, and which was made so public that every body knew it;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; Ver. 3. O Lord my God ] See Trapp on " Psa 7:1 " If I have done this]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O Lord, if I have done this Which Cush and others falsely lay to my charge; if there be iniquity in my hands In my actions, the hand being often...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Prays Against His Enemies; Prayer for Sinners and Saints. Shiggaion o...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If I have done this, i.e. that which Cush and others falsely lay to my charge. If I design or have endeavoured to take away Saul's crown and life b...
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...
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 commentato...
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 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...
The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands. The appeal of conscious integrity When near his end Mahomet made an effor...
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 da...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

O Lord, my God, here the mighty Ruler and Judge of the universe, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands, namely, the crime charged t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 20:8 ; 1 Samuel 22:13 ; 1 Samuel 22:8 ; 1 Samuel 24:11 ; 1 Samuel 24:9 ; 1 Samuel 26:18 ; 1 Samuel 26:19 ; 2 Samuel 16:7 ; 2 Samuel...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hands — Which Cush and others falsely lay to my charge. Iniquity — In my actions.

³ O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

Related Commentaries of Psalms 7:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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