1 A Shiggayon of David which he sang unto Jehovah because of the words of Cush, the Benjamite.
2 O Jehovah, my God, in thee have I trusted; save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me.
3 Lest like a lion he tear my soul, tearing it in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
4 O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
5 If I have recompensed with evil him that is at peace with me; if I have spoiled mine adversary without a cause;
6 Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him tread down my life to the ground, and let him cause mine honor to lie in the dust. Selah.
7 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the wrath of mine enemies, and wake up for me the judgment which thou hast commanded.
8 And the congregation of the nations shall encompass thee; because of it return thou to the height.
9 Jehovah will govern the peoples: judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness and according to mine integrity [that is] upon me.
10 Let now the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish thou the righteous [man]: and one who trieth hearts and reins [art thou], O righteous God.
11 My shield [is] upon God who saveth the upright in heart.
12 God judgeth righteously, and God is angry every day.
13 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready.
14 And at him he hath aimed the weapons of death; he maketh his arrows to be burning.
15 Behold he travaileth [with] iniquity, and he hath conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.
16 He hath dug a pit, and enlarged it, and he falleth into the pit which he maketh.
17 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and upon the crown of his head shall his violence come down.
18 I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and I will sing praises unto the name of Jehovah, Most High.
Notes on Psalm 7
Here we have a wider range, not mourning like its predecessor, but pleading their justice with their adversaries. It is more manifestly as Jews that they pray for Jehovah’s arising in His anger against the wicked, their enemy. For the desire is that not Israel only but the congregation of Gentiles compass Jehovah about. Then would be His judgment of the peoples. “Shiggayon of David which he sang unto Jehovah because of the words of Cush, the Benjamite” is the title. It is a song on occasion of wandering: whether Saul or Shimei is meant may be questioned under Cush.
This is not the Christian glorying in tribulation and suffering with Christ that he may be glorified together with Him. It is the zeal and prayer of a Jewish saint appealing to God’s sure judgment at the appearing or Christ.