Verses 7-10
7-10. The eternity of God, his universal dominion, and his discriminating judgments, which preserve the righteous and encourage trust in him, are here contrasted with the view just given of the perpetual destruction of the wicked and their vain hopes.
Prepared his throne Established his tribunal.
For judgment For righteousness. These are formal statements of a most solemn truth. The world is under righteous government. The preparations for justice are already established.
Judge… minister judgment The words are not synonymous. The former, שׁפשׂ , ( shaphat,) means judicial sentence, the latter דינ , ( deen,) to conduct the cause, as between the parties, to a righteous conclusion. The former relates to absolute equity, the latter to the mode of judicial procedure.
Refuge for the oppressed “Refuge,” here, means a high place, or a strong castle upon a high place, the surest defence known in ancient fortification. In this and the following verses the strongest inducement to lovingly trust and seek God is held out, for his judgments are tenderly protective of such, and terrible only to the wicked.
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