Psalms 7:12

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; Isaiah 55:7; Jeremiah 31:18; Jeremiah 31:19; Matthew 3:10; Psalms 85:4

Related Commentaries of Psalms 7:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
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

He: i.e. God. His sword... bow. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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....
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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,...
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

Read, 'If a man turn not He (God) will whet,' etc.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If he turn not. — The Hebrew is doubly idiomatic. Translate surely (see Hebrews 3:11 , with Note in New Testament Commentary ) , He will again...
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

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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Persecutor's Doom. 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the up...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
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

David's Confident Trust
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 7:12

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

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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