A musical composition by David, which he sang to the Lord concerning a Benjaminite named Cush.
David prayed for deliverance from his enemies.
7:1 O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!
David was being chased by his enemies. He asked Jehovah to become his shelter. He asked Jehovah to deliver him from the ones who were chasing him. He asked Jehovah to rescue him from those who were pursing him.
7:2 Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.
If Jehovah does not rescue David, then his enemies will rip David to shreds just as a lion rips his prey to shreds.
7:3 O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions, 7:4 or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy, 7:5 may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust. (Selah)
If David was guilty of unjust actions, wronging an ally, or helping an evil nation, then he asked God to take him home. This is a good prayer for modern politicians who pass laws to censor Bible teaching to children, glorify same sex marriage, kill innocent babies in the womb, wrong Israel as an ally, and send millions of dollars to anti-Semitic evil nations.
7:6 Stand up angrily, Lord! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!
David asked God to stand up and rage fury against these evil men who were attempting to destroy him. He asked God to execute His judgment upon them. This means that God was to kill them and send them to the Lake of Fire for eternity.
7:7 The countries are assembled all around you; take once more your rightful place over them!
David asked God to come down to earth, assemble the Gentile nations, and place Himself as King over all of the earth. This was a call for the Messiah to establish His Messianic Kingdom.
7:8 The Lord judges the nations. Vindicate me, Lord, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!
Jehovah judges Gentile nations just as He judges Israel. David asked Jehovah as the Judge of the whole world to vindicate him. David was innocent and blameless in the crimes in which the satanic world system accused him.
7:9 May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!
David asked Jehovah to end the evil deeds of the wicked. David was asking God to come down to the earth, send the wicked to the Lake of Fire, and make Israel secure from her enemies. David glorified God by calling him “righteous.”
God is omniscient, meaning that He can read the minds and know the inner thoughts and motives of all people all at one time and before they can even think it! God actually reads the minds of all people before they were even born. He can read their minds before the foundations of the world were even created.
7:10 The Exalted God is my shield, the one who delivers the morally upright.
Human kings were protected by human shields. Jehovah was David’s literal shield. Jehovah is a shield to all who are morally right. Those who are morally right are those who master and apply Bible doctrine.
7:11 God is a just judge; he is angry throughout the day.
God is the Judge of all things. Since man sins all day long, then God is angry all day long.
7:12 If a person does not repent, God sharpens his sword
and prepares to shoot his bow.
God is the ultimate archer. He is the ultimate swordsman. God sharpens His sword to use against the wicked.
7:13 He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.
God’s flaming arrows will send evil people to the Lake of Fire.
7:14 See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies— 7:15 he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.
Those who are pregnant with evil will conceive evil. They will give birth to destructive lies. They will dig a pit and fall into their own hole.
7:16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
When an evil person commits evil, then the evil will backfire against them and bring them down. He becomes a victim of his own violent and deceptive plans. Jesus said, “He who draws the sword will die by the sword.”
7:17 I will thank the Lord for his justice; I will sing praises to the sovereign Lord!
Even though David was slandered and attacked by his enemies, he still thanked Jehovah for His justice as a righteous Judge. David will sing praises to Jehovah, because Jehovah is sovereign over all of history.