He: i.e. God.
His sword... bow. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
If he turn not - If the wicked person does not repent. in the previous verse the psalmist had said that God is angry with the wicked every day; h...
If (k) he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. (k) Unless Saul changes his mind, I will die, for he has both t...
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...
12 If he turn not These verses are usually explained in two ways. The meaning is, that if David’s enemies should persevere in their maliciou...
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. If he turn not - This clause the Syriac adds to the preceding verse....
If he turn not, he will whet his sword— Since he will not turn back, he is whetting his sword, i.e. "Since this particular enemy of David's will...
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. If he turn not. There is this merciful proviso always made,...
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...
Read, 'If a man turn not He (God) will whet,' etc.
If he turn not. — The Hebrew is doubly idiomatic. Translate surely (see Hebrews 3:11 , with Note in New Testament Commentary ) , He will again...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
THE PATIENT GOD ‘God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient: and God is provoked every day.’ Psalms 7:12 (Prayer Book Version) Consider how...
If he turn not ,.... Not God, but the enemy, or the wicked man, spoken of Psalms 7:5 ; if he turn not from his wicked course of life, to the Lord t...
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. Ver. 12. If he turn not ] sc. Impius ab impietate sua, sait...
If he The wicked man last mentioned; turn not From his wicked course; he God; will whet his sword Will prepare, and hasten, and speedily exec...
The Persecutor's Doom. 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the up...
If he, i.e. the wicked man last mentioned, either Cush or Saul, turn not from this wicked course of calumnating or persecuting me, he , i.e. God,...
He Reveals That God Is A Present Judge on All ( Psalms 7:11-13 ). ‘God (Elohim) is a righteous judge, Yes, a God (El) who has indignation every d...
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...
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...
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...
Let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end. The self-destroying power of wickedness The accents require Psalms 7:9 to be rendered, “Let...
If he turn not, He will whet His sword; He hath bent His bow, and made it ready. Turn or burn So, then, God has a sword, and He will punish man...
EXPOSITION THE composition of this psalm by David, asserted in the title, is generally allowed. Internal evidence seems to indicate for its da...
David's Confident Trust
If he, namely, the wicked person, turn not, He will whet His sword, for a just and severe retribution; He hath bent His bow and made it ready, fo...
Acts 3:19 ; Deuteronomy 32:41 ; Ezekiel 18:30 ; Ezekiel 21:23 ; Ezekiel 21:9-11 ; Ezekiel 33:11 ; Isaiah 27:1 ; Isaiah 34:5 ; Isaiah 55:6 ;...
He will — God will hasten, and speedily execute his judgments upon him.
12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.