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    Psalms · 17 verses

    Psalms 7

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    Cush supplies the occasion, but not a single word: David sings about what Cush said, and the psalm leaves the saying itself in the wings.

    A charge unansweredvv. 1–5

    David begins hunted nearly to the point of being torn apart, then turns the danger into an oath. If injustice, betrayal, or needless plunder is his, let the pursuer overtake him and grind his honor into the dust. It is a remarkably thorough way to deny an accusation, with Selah sitting at the end like a raised eyebrow.

    The courtroom risesvv. 6–13

    The plea widens into a public hearing: the assembled peoples gather, the LORD takes the high seat, and David asks to be judged according to his righteousness and integrity. God searches hearts and minds, shields the upright, and feels indignation each day. Should the wicked refuse to repent, the scene acquires sword, bow, and fire-tipped arrows—rather more equipment than the opening pursuit seemed to require.

    The pit keeps its appointmentvv. 14–17

    The wicked man's evil is given a full domestic history: it labors, conceives, and gives birth to falsehood. Then comes the pit, dug and hollowed by its owner, into which he falls himself. Trouble recoils, violence lands on the head that launched it, and David ends by thanking the LORD and singing to the Most High.

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    1. Ps 7:1A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

    2. Ps 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

    3. Ps 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

    4. Ps 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

    5. Ps 7:5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

    6. Ps 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

    7. Ps 7:7Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.

    8. Ps 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.

    9. Ps 7:9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

    10. Ps 7:10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

    11. Ps 7:11God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.

    12. Ps 7:12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

    13. Ps 7:13He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.

    14. Ps 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

    15. Ps 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

    16. Ps 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

    17. Ps 7:17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 17Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
    • 15Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
    • 1Psalms 31:15My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
    • 14Job 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
    • 14James 1:15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
    • 15Psalms 141:10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
    • 9Jeremiah 11:20O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
    • 9Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
    • 17Psalms 98:2The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
    • 17Psalms 71:15–16My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
    • 10Psalms 125:4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.
    • 10Genesis 15:1After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
    • 10Proverbs 28:18He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
    • 10Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
    • 11Nahum 1:2The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
    • 15Proverbs 26:27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

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