Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 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.
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.
Verse Psalms 7:7. _FOR THEIR SAKES THEREFORE RETURN THOU ON HIGH._] Thy own people who compass thy altar, the faithful of the land, are full of gloomy apprehensions. They hear the charges against me;...
SO SHALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE PEOPLE COMPASS THEE ABOUT - That is, as the result of thy gracious interposition in defending the righteous, and in bringing just judgment on the wicked. The meaning i...
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...
PEOPLE. peoples. COMPASS THEE ABOUT. gather round Thee: i.e. to hear Thy judgment....
FOR THEIR SAKES THEREFORE— _For that_ [_cause_] _therefore._ The words, _compass thee about,_ allude to the Jewish rite of going round the temple and altar in time of divine worship. So that to _compa...
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...
_SO SHALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE PEOPLE COMPASS THEE ABOUT: FOR THEIR SAKES THEREFORE RETURN THOU ON HIGH._ So shall the congregation of the people (Hebrew, tribes) compass thee about. In the East t...
7:7 sakes (b-13) Or 'over them,' or 'above it,' i.e. 'the assembly.'...
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...
SO SHALL, etc.] RV 'and let,' etc. PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.' So in Psalms 7:8. An assize of all the nations is pictured. FOR THEIR SAKES, etc.] RV 'over them return thou on high,' or 'sit thou above them,...
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...
SO SHALL. — This clause is also in the optative: “let the communities of peoples be gathered round thee.” FOR THEIR SAKES. — Rather, _over or above it,_ as in LXX. The poet has a vision of judgment. J...
_[Psalms 7:8]_ וַ עֲדַ֣ת לְ֭אֻמִּים תְּסֹובְבֶ֑ךָּ וְ֝...
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...
Borders. Hebrew is rendered, "fury of my enemies." --- My is found in some copies of the Septuagint, though the edition of Complutensian and Aldus agree with the Vulgate, and Bos observes, that an anc...
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...
7_And a congregation of peoples _Some limit this sentence exclusively to the people of Israel, as if David promised that, as soon as he should ascend the throne, he would endeavour to reunite together...
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...
SO SHALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE PEOPLE COMPASS THEE ABOUT,.... By "the congregation of the people" are meant the nation of the Jews, the twelve tribes of Israel, called an assembly of people, and a c...
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. Ver. 7. _So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about_] As people love to floc...
_So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about_ Such a visible display of thy righteous judgment in thus pleading my cause against my cruel and implacable oppressor will induce multitudes...
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...
So shall the congregation of the people compass Thee about, the scene being that of the last great Judgment, when God will gather the nations before Him; FOR THEIR SAKES, THEREFORE, RETURN THOU ON HIG...
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...
THE CONGREGATION OF THE PEOPLE; either, 1. A great number of all sorts of people, who shall observe thy justice, and holiness, and goodness, in pleading my righteous cause against my cruel and implac...
Psalms 7:7 congregation H5712 peoples H3816 surround H5437 (H8779) return H7725 (H8798) high H4791 So -...
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....
_For their sakes, therefore, return Thou on high._ DAVID’S STRONG LANGUAGE David had no difficulty in invoking a tremendous punishment upon his enemies. But the language must be judged by the times i...
_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 7:6 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...
Isaiah 57:15; Psalms 48:11; Psalms 58:10; Psalms 58:11; Psalms 1:1;...
Compass — They will come from all parts to worship thee, and offer to thee praises and sacrifices. High — To thy tribunal, to sit there and judge my cause. An allusion to earthly tribunals, which gene...