←Psalm 7→BSB

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Key Terms

Righteousness (Standard) 7 Seek Safety 3 To Acknowledge 3 Save (Help) 2 Salvation (Rescuer) 2 Shield 2 Upright 2 Arrow 2 Mischief 2 Seek Refugue Salvation Salvation (State) Save (Restore) Salvation (Physical) Salvation (Deliverance) Save (Rescue) Salvation (Means) Saving (Means) Be (Or Show Oneself) Just Acquit Justice (Right) Righteousness (Act) Just Put Right With Make Righteous Deserved Justify (Vindicate) Justify Justly Justice Righteousness (Quality) Straightness Straight Be Straight Praise

Resources

Psalms Book Overview Benjamin, Tribe of Articles Cush (Person) Articles Music Articles Shiggaion, Shigionoth Articles

I Take Refuge in You

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

ⓘ This psalm consists of a lament (7:1–2), an...

This psalm consists of a lament (7:1–2), an oath of innocence (7:3–5), an appeal to God’s justice (7:6–9), an affirmation of God’s just kingship (7:10–16), and a concluding hymn of praise (7:17).
ⓘ an unknown person of the tribe of Benjamin,...

an unknown person of the tribe of Benjamin, remained hostile to David.
1O LORD my God, I take refuge in You;save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,2or they will shred my soul like a lionand tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
ⓘ The psalmist swears to his innocence, making himself...

The psalmist swears to his innocence, making himself vulnerable to scrutiny (7:9.
3O LORD my God, if I have done this,if injustice is on my hands,4if I have rewarded my ally† with evil,if I have plundered my foe without cause,5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me;may he trample me to the groundand leave my honor in the dust.Selah
ⓘ With this appeal to God for justice in...

With this appeal to God for justice in the world, the psalmist also submits to God’s examination.
6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger;rise up against the fury of my enemies.Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.7Let the assembled peoples gather around You;take Your seat over them on high.8The LORD judges the peoples;vindicate me, O LORD,according to my righteousness and integrity.9Put an end to the evil of the wicked,but establish the righteous,O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.†
ⓘ The psalmist moves from his own situation (7:1–9)...

The psalmist moves from his own situation (7:1–9) to speak for all the godly who long for redemption (7:10–16). He depicts God as the righteous King who vindicates his subjects when they cry out for rescue.
10My shield is with God,who saves the upright in heart.11God is a righteous judgeand a God who feels indignation each day.
ⓘ sword... bow... deadly weapons... flaming arrows: As the...

sword . . . bow . . . deadly weapons . . . flaming arrows: As the Divine Warrior, God goes on the offensive on behalf of himself and his people.
12If one does not repent,God will sharpen His sword;He has bent and strung His bow.13He has prepared His deadly weapons;He ordains His arrows with fire.
14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil;he conceives trouble and births falsehood.15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out;he has fallen into a pit of his own making.16His trouble recoils on himself,and his violence falls on his own head.
17I will thank the LORD for His righteousnessand sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.