Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 7:6
Verse Psalms 7:6. Arise, O Lord, in thine anger] To thee I commit my cause; arise, and sit on the throne of thy judgment in my behalf.
Verse Psalms 7:6. Arise, O Lord, in thine anger] To thee I commit my cause; arise, and sit on the throne of thy judgment in my behalf.
ARISE, O LORD, IN THINE ANGER - That is, to punish him who thus unjustly persecutes me. See the notes at Psalms 3:7. LIFT UP THYSELF - As if he had been lying in repose and inaction. The idea is deri...
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...
ARISE, O LORD, IN THINE ANGER, &C.— This supposes that God had determined that an exact and solemn judgment should one time or other pass upon the world; and he prays him to awake and arouse himself u...
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...
_ARISE, O LORD, IN THINE ANGER, LIFT UP THYSELF BECAUSE OF THE RAGE OF MINE ENEMIES: AND AWAKE FOR ME TO THE JUDGMENT THAT THOU HAST COMMANDED._ But as I am innocent of the charges alleged (Psalms 7:...
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...
AWAKE FOR ME] a daring figure, as if God's delay had been due to sleep. _To_ THE JUDGMENT _that_, etc.] RV 'thou hast commanded judgment,' i.e. exercised the justice of which Thou art the source....
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...
In the rapid succession of abrupt utterance of feeling in ejaculations, we see the excitement of the poet’s mind. OF THE RAGE. — Better, _against the rage,_ unless we may correct to “in _thy_ rage.”...
_[Psalms 7:7]_ ק֘וּמָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ בְּ אַפֶּ֗ךָ הִ֭נָּשֵׂא...
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...
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....
_Dust. Hebrew adds, "to dwell," (Haydock) as if the ignominy was not to be effaced. This would be very sensible for a king. (Berthier) --- Glory is here synonymous with life, or soul, Genesis xlix. 6....
Is there not in these words, concerning the judgment Jehovah hath commanded, a reference to the very judgment seat of Christ, to which the Lord our Mediator is appointed supreme judge, because he is t...
6_Arise, O Jehovah _David here sets the anger of God in opposition to the rage of his enemies; and when we are in similar circumstances we should act in the same manner. When the ungodly are inflamed...
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...
ARISE, O LORD, IN THINE ANGER,.... This and the following phrase do not suppose local motion in God, to whom it cannot belong, being infinite and immense, but are spoken of him after the manner of men...
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded. Ver. 6. _Arise, O Lord, in thine anger_] Here David...
_Arise, O Lord, in thine anger_ Oppose thy just anger to their causeless and sinful rage against me. _Lift up thyself_ Hebrew, הנשׂא, _hinnasee, Be thou exalted;_ glorify thyself, and show thyself to...
Arise, O Lord, in Thine anger, the appeal being all the more importunate since it seemed that God had hitherto been careless of him, LIFT UP THYSELF, towering up on high, BECAUSE OF THE RAGE OF MINE E...
SUPPLICATION OF A BELIEVER AGAINST SLANDER. The Petition. Shiggaion of David, a plaintive song, or elegy, full of emotion, which is apparent it both in the structure and in the accompanying music, w...
1-9 David flees to God for succour. But Christ alone could call on Heaven to attest his uprightness in all things. All His works were wrought in righteousness; and the prince of this world found noth...
ARISE IN THINE ANGER; oppose thy just anger to their causeless and sinful rage against me. LIFT UP THYSELF, that thou mayst give them a deadly blow. A metaphor from men who arise and lift up themselve...
Psalms 7:6 Arise H6965 (H8798) LORD H3068 anger H639 Lift H5375 (H8734) rage H5678 enemies H6887 ...
HE CALLS ON GOD TO SET UP A COURT OF JUSTICE AND PUT ALL ON TRIAL SO THAT THE WORLD CAN BEGIN AGAIN (PSALMS 7:6). His plight has moved David to a consciousness of the way sin triumphs and the righteo...
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...
_Arise, O Lord, in Thine anger: lift up Thyself because of the rage of mine enemies._ THE FIRST OF THE IMPRECATORY PSALMS Comminations are present in verses 11-17, and imprecations upon the writer h...
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 7:6 The singers see their requests as part of the larger picture: God is a RIGHTEOUS JUDGE (v. Psalms 7:11), to whom all the...
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...
The seventh psalm is Shiggaion. Which means the loud crying of David which he sang unto the Lord concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from al...
2 Samuel 17:14; Isaiah 3:13; Isaiah 33:10; Isaiah 37:20; Isaiah 51:9;
Lift up — Glorify thyself, and shew thyself to be above them. Commanded — To execute that righteous sentence, which thou hast commanded, appointed, and declared by thy prophet Samuel....