Psalms 7:1
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
Psalms 7:1 in other translations
| BSB | A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers, |
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| WEB | A meditation by David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite. LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, |
| ASV | Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me, |
| YLT | ‘The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me. |
| DARBY | Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite. Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me; |
| BBE | O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free; |
| Webster | Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: |
What does Psalms 7:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 7:1-2
Psa 7:1-17. Shiggaion--a plaintive song or elegy. Though obscure in details, this title seems to intimate that the occasion of this Psalm was some event in David's persecution by Saul. He prays for relief because he is innocent, and God will be glorified in his vindication. He thus passes to the celebration of God's righteous government, in defending the upright and punishing the wicked, whose malignant devices will result in their own ruin; and, confident of God's aid, he closes with rejoicing.
1-2. Though many enemies set upon him, one is singled out as prominent, and compared to a wild beast tearing his prey to pieces (compare 1Sa 20:1; 23:23; 26:19).Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
The psalmist prays against the malice of his enemies, Psa 7:1, Psa 7:2; protests his own innocence, Psa 7:3-5; prays to God that he would vindicate him, for the edification of his people, Psa 7:6-8; prays against the wickedness of his enemies, Psa 7:9; expresses strong confidence in God, Psa 7:10; threatens transgressors with God's judgments, Psa 7:11-13; shows the conduct and end of the ungodly, Psa 7:14-16; and exults in the mercy and lovingkindness of his Maker, Psa 7:17. This Psalm is entitled, Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. The word שגיון shiggayon comes from שגה shagah, to wander, a wandering song; i.e., a Psalm composed by David in his wanderings, when he was obliged to hide himself from the fury of Saul. Bishop Horsley thinks it may have its name, a wandering ode, from its being in different parts, taking up different subjects, in different styles of composition. But he has sometimes thought that shiggaion might be an unpremeditated song; an improviso. As to Cush the Benjamite, he is a person unknown in the Jewish history; the name is probably a name of disguise; and by it he may covertly mean Saul himself, the son of Kish, who was of the tribe of Benjamin. The subject of the Psalm will better answer to Saul's unjust persecution and David's innocence, than to any other subject in the history of David. Verse 1 O Lord my God - יהוה אלהי Yehovah Elohai, words expressive of the strongest confidence the soul can have in the Supreme Being. Thou self-existent, incomprehensible, almighty, and eternal Being, who neither needest nor hatest any thing that thou hast made; thou art my God: God in covenant with thy creature man; and my God and portion particularly. Therefore, in thee do I put thy trust - I repose all my confidence in thee, and expect all my good from thee. Save me - Shield me from my persecutors; abate their pride, assuage their malice, and confound their devices! Deliver me - From the counsels which they have devised, and from the snares and gins they have laid in my path.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 7:1-9
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Psalms 7:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 7:1
- Psalms 31:15
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
- Habakkuk 3:1
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
- 1 Peter 4:19
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
- Psalms 18:2
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
- Psalms 35:1-3
A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
- Jeremiah 20:11
But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
- Psalms 26:1
A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.
- Jeremiah 15:15
O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
- Psalms 17:7-9
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
- Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
- Psalms 30:2
O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
- 2 Samuel 16:1-23
And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10 By faith he sees his defence, and the destruction of his enemies.
A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.) Shiggaion.{Shiggaion} probably denotes a mournful song or, elegy, from the Arabic {shaga,} to be anxious, sorrowful.
Hab 3:1
words. or, business.
2Sa 16:1-23
Cush.{Cush} signifies black, an epithet, in all languages, when applied to the mind, expressive of moral turpitude; and therefore probably here applied to {Shimei,} denoting that he was a calumniator and villain.
O.
13:3,5; 18:28; 30:2,12; 43:4; 89:26; Jos 14:8; Jer 31:18
Da 9:4,19,20; Zec 14:5
in.
11:1; 18:2; 25:2; 26:1; 31:1; 32:10; 146:3-6; Isa 50:10; 1Pe 1:21
save.
3:7; 17:7-9; 31:15; 35:1-3; Jer 15:15; 20:11; 1Pe 4:19
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Context
- Psalms 7:1
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
- Psalms 7:2
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Psalms 7:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sigaión de David, que cantó á Jehová sobre las palabras de Cus, hijo de Benjamín. JEHOVÁ Dios mío, en ti he confiado: sálvame de todos los que me persiguen, y líbrame; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Shiggaïon de David, qu’il chanta à l’ Éternel à l’occasion des paroles de Cush, le Benjaminite. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova, mein Gott, auf dich traue ich; rette mich von allen meinen Verfolgern und befreie mich! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Psalmus David, quem cantavit Domino pro verbis Chusi, filii Jemini. |