Psalms 7:3 - Exposition

O Lord my God, if I have done this ; i.e. "this which is laid to my charge." The general charge against David in Saul's lifetime was that he "sought the king's hurt" ( 1 Samuel 24:9 ). Afterwards he was accused of being "a bloody man" ( 2 Samuel 16:8 )—the death of Ishbosheth, and perhaps of others, being regarded as his work. If there be iniquity in my hands. If, i.e; I have committed any criminal act, if any definite offence can be charged against me. Human weakness and imperfection David does not mean to deny, but, like Job, he maintains in a certain qualified sense his righteousness.