Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 7:17
According to his righteousness, declared and asserted by him in their exemplary punishment, and my seasonable and wonderful deliverance.
According to his righteousness, declared and asserted by him in their exemplary punishment, and my seasonable and wonderful deliverance.
Verse Psalms 7:17. _I WILL PRAISE THE LORD ACCORDING TO HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS_] I shall celebrate both his justice and his mercy. I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. The _name_ of God i...
I WILL PRAISE THE LORD ACCORDING TO HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS - That is, particularly as manifested in the treatment of the righteous and the wicked, protecting the one, and bringing deeserved punishment upon...
Psalms 7 _ 1. Confidence and prayer (Psalms 7:1)_ 2. Unjust persecution (Psalms 7:3) 3. Arise Jehovah! (Psalms 7:6) 4. God's dealings in governm
VII. A AND VII. B. Here two Pss. have been welded together. In Psalms 7:1; Psalms 7:12 a man hard bestead in spite of his innocence pleads his cause before God. In Psalms 7:6 Israel personified asks f...
MOST HIGH. Hebrew. _Elyon._ See App-4. First occurrence in Psalms. The first of thirty-six occurrences in O.T. is Genesis 14:18. TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. UPON GITTITH. relating to the Feas...
PSALMS 7 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE One Wrongfully Accused Commits his Vindication to the Righteous Judge of All the Earth. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 7:1-2, Appeal to Jehovah for Safety. Stanza II., Psalms...
_I WILL PRAISE THE LORD ACCORDING TO HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS: AND WILL SING PRAISE TO THE NAME OF THE LORD MOST HIGH._ I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness - according to what His righteou...
7:17 praise (k-3) Or 'thank;' and so Psalms 9:1 ....
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 of Shimei affords a parallel to the circumstances h...
All that has been said illustrates the righteousness of the Lord, which is accordingly the ground of this concluding ascription of praise....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
_[Psalms 7:18]_ אֹודֶ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה כְּ צִדְקֹ֑ו וַ֝...
Psalms 7:1 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, and with the preposition "upon," as if it designated instrum...
REFUGE IN GOD FROM EVIL MEN Psalms 7:1 This psalm should be compared with 1 Samuel 24:1; 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Samuel 26:1. 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 being violent and cruel. The basis of their attack wo...
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....
_Sorrow. The evil which he designed for me (Menochius) will fall on him, like an arrow shot upwards. (Calmet) --- Crown. Protestants, "pate." (Haydock)_...
Sweet and blessed conclusion to a Psalm of trials and persecutions! Such was it in the instance of Jesus, and such will it be among all the followers of Jesus: as the glorious Head, so the members all...
17_I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness; and I will sing to the name of Jehovah, Most High _As the design of God in the deliverances which he vouchsafes to his servants is, that they m...
Psalms 7 appeals to Jehovah, on the ground of the righteous and more than righteous dealing of the godly with their enemies, that Jehovah may arise and awake to the judgment He has commanded, and that...
I WILL PRAISE THE LORD ACCORDING TO HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Or on account of it, as it was displayed in vindicating the innocent, and punishing the wicked; so Pharaoh having ordered male infants of the...
_I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high._ Ver. 17. _I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness_] _i.e._ His faithfuln...
_I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness_ I will give him the glory of that gracious protection under which he takes his afflicted people, and of the just vengeance with which he will pu...
I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness, giving Him thanks even now because of tile certainty of deliverance from the present distress; AND I WILL SING PRAISE TO THE NAME OF THE LORD MOS...
David's Confident Trust...
10-17 David is confident that he shall find God his powerful Saviour. The destruction of sinners may be prevented by their conversion; for it is threatened, If he turn not from his evil way, let him...
Psalms 7:17 praise H3034 (H8686) LORD H3068 righteousness H6664 praise H2167 (H8762) name H8034 LORD H3068 High...
DAVID'S FINAL HYMN OF PRAISE. I will give thanks to YHWH according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of YHWH Most High.' His final gratitude is expressed concerning the fact tha...
CONTENTS: David prays for deliverance from persecutors. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When the believer is slandered he has the court of heaven to fly to and a righteous Judge who is the patro...
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 Lord concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite....
_O Lord my God, in Thee do I put my trust._ AN APPEAL FROM THE SLANDERED I. The appeal (Psalms 7:1; Psalms 7:6). A petition for freedom and deliverance from his persecutors, in which he desires God t...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 7:1. The title of this individual lament from David refers to an otherwise unknown incident in his life when a man of Benjamin (the tribe of Saul) slandered David. The psalm...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 7:17 The Lord’s RIGHTEOUSNESS and his status as THE MOST HIGH (see vv. Psalms 7:6) lead to thanksgiving and praise....
INTRODUCTION “From the matter of this psalm it appears that it was composed with reference to some calumny on the character of David; but commentators are not agreed as to when and by whom this injur...
EXPOSITION THE composition of this psalm by David, asserted in the title, is generally allowed. Internal evidence seems to indicate for its date the earlier portion of David's public life—that during...
Acts 7:48; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:34; Psalms 111:3;...