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.
Verse Psalms 7:9. _THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WICKED_] The iniquity of _Saul's_ conduct. _BUT ESTABLISH THE JUST_] Show the people _my_ uprightness....
OH LET THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WICKED COME TO AND END - Of all the wicked; wickedness not in this particular case only, but wickedness of all forms, and in all lands. The prayer here is a natural one; w...
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...
WICKEDNESS... WICKED. lawlessness... lawless. Hebrew. _rasha_. App-44....
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...
_OH LET THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WICKED COME TO AN END; BUT ESTABLISH THE JUST: FOR THE RIGHTEOUS GOD TRIETH THE HEARTS AND REINS._ Oh let the wickedness ... come to an end. This prayer is granted in th...
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...
JUST] RV 'righteous,' the same epithet which is applied to God. THE HEARTS AND REINS] the whole inner life. The reins are the kidneys, and are spoken of like the heart, the bowels, and the internal or...
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...
ESTABLISH. — Literally, _let him stand erect._ FOR THE RIGHTEOUS GOD TRIETH. — Better, _thou trier of hearts and reins, thou just God._ The Hebrew word translated _try_ is used, like it, for testing...
_[Psalms 7:10]_ יִגְמָר ־נָ֬א רַ֨ע ׀ רְשָׁעִים֮ וּ...
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...
Innocence. Hebrew, "simplicity," which has the same meaning. (Haydock) He speaks of the justice of his cause (Muis) against his particular enemies. (Worthington) --- St. Paul thus commends himself, 2...
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...
9_Let the malice of the wicked come to an endow I beseech thee. _David, in the first place, prays that God would restrain the malice of his enemies, and bring it to an end; from which it follows, that...
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...
OH, LET THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WICKED COME TO AN END,.... Which will not be till the measure of it is fully up, and that will not be till the wicked are no more; for, as long as they are in the world t...
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. Ver. 9. _Oh let the wickedness, &c._] Put a stop to their rage and ranco...
_Let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end_ Let the malice of mine enemies cease: put a stop to their wicked practices, either by changing their hearts or tying their hands: say to it as thou do...
David's Confident Trust...
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, putting a stop to their torturing of the believers; BUT ESTABLISH THE JUST, protecting them in their righteous cause; FOR THE RIGHTEOUS GOD TRIETH...
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...
Let the malice of mine enemies cease, put a stop to their wicked practices, either by changing their hearts, or by tying their hands, or some other way; say to it, as thou dost to the sea, Hitherto ha...
Psalms 7:9 wickedness H7451 wicked H7563 end H1584 (H8799) establish H3559 (H8787) just H6662 righteous H6662 God...
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...
_Let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end._ THE SELF-DESTROYING POWER OF WICKEDNESS The accents require Psalms 7:9 to be rendered, “Let wickedness make an end of the wicked,” but that introduc...
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...
1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Samuel 2:9;...
O — Put a stop to their wicked practices....