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O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
7:2
 
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
7:3
 
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
7:4
 
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
7:5
 
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
7:6
 
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7:7
 
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
7:8
 
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
7:9
 
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
7:10
 
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
7:11
 
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
7:12
 
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
7:13
 
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
7:14
 
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
7:15
 
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
7:16
 
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
7:17
 
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

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Explanation posted by John Wesley on 2007-01-01 00:00:00
David prays for deliverance from his enemies, ver. 1, 2. Appeals to God for his innocence, ver. 3-5. Prays to him to judge his cause, ver. 6-9. Expresses his confidence in God, ver. 10-17. Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite Title of the psalm. Shiggaion - This seems to be the name of a kind of song, or instrument, which then was well known, but now is only matter of conjecture. Words - The false report raised by him. Cush - Probably some eminent commander or courtier under Saul.
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