Bible Commentaries

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 7

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Verse 2

Lest - Mine enemy. Tear - Out of my body.


Verse 3

Hands - Which Cush and others falsely lay to my charge. Iniquity - In my actions.


Verse 4

Deliver - When it was in my power to destroy him, as 1 Samuel 24:2-6 .


Verse 6

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.


Verse 7

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 generally are set up on high above the people.


Verse 9

O - Put a stop to their wicked practices.


Verse 11

Every day - Even then, when his providence seems to favour them, and they are most secure and confident.


Verse 12

He will - God will hasten, and speedily execute his judgments upon him.


Verse 13

Him - For the wicked. Ordaineth - Designs or fits for this very use. Of all sinners, persecutors are set up as the fairest marks of Divine wrath. They set God at defiance but cannot set themselves out of the reach of his judgments.


Verse 14

Travelleth - This metaphor denotes his deep design, and vigorous endeavours for doing mischief, and his restlessness and pain 'till he have accomplished it.

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