Psalms 7:4

evil. Hebrew. raa'. App-44.

delivered. rescued. Aramaean and Syriac read "oppressed".

enemy. adversary. Hebrew. zarar.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 rever...
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...
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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

The second clause may be read without the parenthesis, 'or despoiled him that without cause was mine adversary.'
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...
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

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 hi...
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 reward...
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...
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

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 Sa...
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

if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me, becoming guilty of treachery toward those who trusted him; (yea, I have delivered him th...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

⁴ If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Related Commentaries of Psalms 7:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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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