Psalm 7:10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 7:10-17

David having lodged his appeal with God by prayer and a solemn profession of his integrity, in the former part of the psalm, in this latter part does, as it were, take out judgment upon the appeal, by faith in the word of God, and the assurance it gives of the happiness and safety of the righteous and the certain destruction of wicked people that continue impenitent. I. David is confident that he shall find God his powerful protector and Saviour, and the patron of his oppressed innocency (Ps.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 7:10

My defence is of God ,.... Or "my shield is in" or "of God" F5 על אלהים "in Deo", Musculus, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Muis, Ainsworth; "apud Deum", Lutherus, Piscator, Gejerus, Cocceius, Michaelis. ; God was his shield, his protector and defender; see Psalm 3:3 ; or "my shield is with God"; that is, Christ, who was the shield his faith made use of against every spiritual enemy, was with God; he was with him as the Word and Son of God from all eternity, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 7:10

My defense is of God - I now leave my cause in the hands of my Judge. I have no uneasy or fearful apprehensions, because I know God will save the upright in heart. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 7:10

Verse 10 10.My shield It is not wonderful that David often mingles meditations with his prayers, thereby to inspire himself with true confidence. We may go to God in prayer with great alacrity; but our fervour, if it does not gather new strength, either immediately fails or begins to languish. David, therefore, in order to continue in prayer with the same ardour of devotion and affection with which he commenced, brings to his recollection some of the most common truths of religion, and by this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 7:1-17

"Shiggaion" is connected by some with the "Shigioneth" of Habakkuk 3:1 , which is commonly explained to be a particular kind of tune or tunes. But the identity of the two words is uncertain, and the identity of their meaning, at an interval of nearly six centuries, is still more open to question. The meaning of "Shiggaion" has really to be guessed from the context; and the most probable of the conjectures made would seem to be, either simply, "a poem of David," or "a lyrical... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 7:1-17

The slandered saint appealing to his God. £ There is nothing like the trials of life to constrain to prayer; and no prayers are so full of deep meaning as those forced out by such trials. There is no reason for doubting the Davidic authorship of this psalm. It well accords with some known episodes in his experience, and is just such an appeal to the great Judge of all the earth as he might be expected to make when unjustly accused; specially when accused of evil in the very direction... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 7:1-17

Trust in God. An earnest appeal to God to save him from the wickedness of men who would requite him with evil for the good he had done in sparing Saul's life. The charge against him probably was that he still sought the life of Saul; and they plotted against his life. In the midst of this wrong and danger, what was his resource? I. TRUST IN GOD . Not in counter-plotting against his enemies, nor neglecting the use of means for his own safety; but faith in the all-controlling... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 7:10

My defense is of God ; literally, my shield is on God ; i.e. "rests on him" (Kay)—is upheld by him. Which sayeth the upright in heart (comp. Psalms 125:4 ). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 7:10-11

Psalms 7:10-11 . My defence is of God Hebrew, מגני על אלהים , maginni gnal Elohim, my shield is upon God. He, as it were, carries my shield before me: see 1 Samuel 17:7. He does and will protect me against all mine enemies. Which saveth the upright in heart And therefore will save me whom he knows to be sincere and upright in my conduct toward him and toward Saul. God judgeth the righteous That is, defendeth, or avengeth, or delivereth, as this word is often used. To judge is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 7:1-17

Psalms 7:0 Against Cush, a BenjaminiteDuring the reign of Saul, David won much fame for himself. Saul became jealous and attempted to murder David. When David escaped, Saul pursued him cruelly, being urged on by a group of zealous courtiers (probably from Saul’s tribe of Benjamin), who accused David of plotting to overthrow the king (1 Samuel 18:22-26; 1 Samuel 22:7; 1 Samuel 24:9; 1 Samuel 26:19; cf. 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 20:1).The time was one of considerable suffering and temptation for... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 7:10-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 7:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 7:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 7:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 7:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 7:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 7:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 7:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 7:10-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 7:1-17

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