--- title: "Psalms 7 - Study King James Bible with barnes notes on the whole bible" description: "Read Psalms 7 with barnes notes on the whole bible commentary. 1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pie" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/barnes-notes-on-the-whole-bible/psalms/7" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/7)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/7)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/7) Audio 1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:* 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending *it* in pieces, while *there is* none to deliver.* 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 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:) 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. 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 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity *that is* in me. 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. 10 My defence *is* of God, which saveth the upright in heart.* 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry *with the wicked* every day.* 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch *which* he made.* 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. 17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. [Psalms 6](/study/psalms/6) [Psalms 8](/study/psalms/8) ## Commentary To verse 1 **O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust -**The psalm opens with an expression of strong confidence in God. The psalmist addresses Yahweh as his God, and says that in him he trusts or confides. The word rendered trust - חסה *châsâh* - means “to flee;” to flee to a place; to take shelter; and is applied to taking shelter under the shadow or protection of one [Judges 9:15](/kjv/judges/9/15); [Isaiah 30:2](/kjv/isaiah/30/2); [Psalms 57:1](/kjv/psalms/57/1); [Psalms 61:4](/kjv/psalms/61/4). The idea here is, that in his troubles he fled to God as a refuge, and felt safe under his protection. **Save me from all them that persecute me -**That is, protect my life; rescue me from their power. The word “persecute” here refers to those who sought his life, who endeavored to deprive him of his rights. The language would apply to many occasions in the life of David - to the persecutions which he endured by Saul, by Absalom, etc. In this case the language was suggested by the opposition of Cush the Benjamite; and it was this that David had particularly in view. It is probable, however, that, whoever Cush was, he was not alone, but that others were associated with him in his opposition to David; and it was natural also that, in circumstances like these, David should remember his other persecutors, and pray that he might be delivered from them all. The prayer, therefore, has a general form, and the desire expressed is that which we all naturally have, that we may be delivered from all that troubles us. **And deliver me -**Rescue me. 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