Ps 7:2
7:2 Lest {a} he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in
    pieces, while [there is] none to deliver.

    (a) He desires God to deliver him from the rage of cruel
        Saul.

Ps 7:3
7:3 O LORD my God, if I have done {b} this; if there be iniquity
    in my hands;

    (b) With which Cush charges me.

Ps 7:4
7:4 {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 reverence Saul for affinities sake, and
        preserved his life, 1Sa 26:8,9.

Ps 7:5
7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him
    tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine {d} honour
    in the dust. Selah.

    (d) Let me not only die, but be dishonoured forever.

Ps 7:6
7:6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of
    the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the {e}
    judgment [that] thou hast commanded.

    (e) In promising me the kingdom.

Ps 7:7
7:7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about:
    for their sakes therefore {f} return thou on high.

    (f) Not only for mine, but for your Church's sake declare
        your power.

Ps 7:8
7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according
    to my {g} righteousness, and according to mine integrity
    [that is] in me.

    (g) As concerning my behaviour towards Saul and my enemies.

Ps 7:9
7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but
    establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the {h}
    hearts and reins.

    (h) Though they pretend a just cause against me, yet God
        will judge their hypocrisy.

Ps 7:11
7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the
     wicked] {i} every day.

     (i) He continually calls the wicked to repentance by some
         sign of his judgments.

Ps 7:12
7:12 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 the men and weapons to destroy me. Thus
         considering his great danger, he magnifies God's grace.

Ps 7:17
7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his {l} righteousness:
     and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

     (l) In faithfully keeping his promise to me.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.