The LORD Implored to Defend the Psalmist against the Wicked.
An● Ode of David, perhaps in a wild, irregular, enthusiastic strain, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
O LORD my God, ain You I take refuge;Save me and brescue me from all those who pursue me,Meaning uncertain, perhaps a wild, enthusiastic song. The ancient rabbis connected the Hebrew word to another word of similar spelling meaning “inadvertent sin” or “error,” and maintained that God called David to account for what he said in 6:10. He had in essence cursed his enemies, and God supposedly pointed out that Saul was David’s enemy, so David thereby had cursed Saul in violation of Ex 22:28. David pleaded with God to count this a sin of error on his part, and thereafter composed Ps 7. The rabbis also maintained that Cush was a reference to Saul (cf 1 Sam 9:1).Ps 31:1; 71:1Ps 31:152 So that my enemy will not tear me alike a lion,Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue me.Ps 57:4; Is 38:13
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this,If there is ainjustice in my hands,1 Sam 24:114 If I have adone evil to him who was at peace with me,Or without cause brobbed him who was my enemy,Ps 109:4, 51 Sam 24:7; 26:95 Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;And let him trample my life to the groundAnd lay my honor in the dust.Selah.
6 aArise, O LORD, in Your anger;bLift up Yourself against cthe rage of my enemies;dRise up for me; You have commanded judgment and vindication.Ps 3:7Ps 94:2Ps 138:7Ps 35:23; 44:237 Let the assembly of the anations be gathered around You,And return on high over them.Ps 22:278 The LORD ajudges the peoples;Judge me, O LORD, and bgrant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.Ps 96:13; 98:9Ps 18:20; 26:1; 35:24; 43:19 Oh, let athe wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but bestablish the righteous those in right standing with You;For the righteous God ctries the hearts and minds. Rev 2:23Ps 34:21; 94:23Ps 37:23; 40:2Ps 11:4, 5; Jer 11:20; Rev 2:2310 My ashield and my defense depend on God,Who bsaves the upright in heart.Ps 18:2, 30Ps 97:10, 11; 125:411 God is a arighteous judge,And a God who is bindignant every day.Ps 50:6Ps 90:9
12 If a man adoes not repent, God will bsharpen His sword;He has strung and cbent His mighty bow and made it ready.Ps 58:5Deut 32:41Ps 64:713 He has also prepared other deadly weapons for Himself;He makes His aarrows fiery shafts aimed at the unrepentant.Ps 18:14; 45:514 Behold, the wicked and irreverent man is pregnant with sin,And he conceives amischief and gives birth to lies.Job 15:35; Is 59:4; James 1:1515 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,And has afallen into the very pit which he made as a trap.Job 4:8; Ps 57:616 His amischief will return on his own head,And his bviolence will come down on the top of his head like loose dirt.Esth 9:25; Ps 140:9Ps 140:11