Psalms 7 · Verse 10

Psalms 7:10

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
Psalms 7:10, King James Version

Psalms 7:10 in other translations

BSBMy shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
WEBMy shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
ASVMy shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.
YLTMy shield is on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!
DARBYMy shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.
BBEGod, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.
WebsterMy defense is from God, who saveth the upright in heart.

What does Psalms 7:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. defence--literally, "shield" (Psa 5:12).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 My defense is of God - I now leave my cause in the hands of my Judge. I have no uneasy or fearful apprehensions, because I know God will save the upright in heart.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 7:10-17
David is confident that he shall find God his powerful Saviour. The destruction of sinners may be prevented by their conversion; for it is threatened, If he turn not from his evil way, let him expect it will be his ruin. But amidst the threatenings of wrath, we have a gracious offer of mercy. God gives sinners warning of their danger, and space to repent, and prevent it. He is slow to punish, and long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish. The sinner is described, ver. #(14-16), as taking more pains to ruin his soul than, if directed aright, would save it. This is true, in a sense, of all sinners. Let us look to the Saviour under all our trials. Blessed Lord, give us grace to look to thee in the path of tribulation, going before thy church and people, and marking the way by thine own spotless example. Under all the persecutions which in our lesser trials mark our way, let the looking to Jesus animate our minds and comfort our hearts.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 7:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מָֽגִנִּ֥יma.gi.Nishield myH4043
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
מ֝וֹשִׁ֗יעַmo.Shi.a'a delivererH3467
יִשְׁרֵי\־yish.rei-of [people] upright ofH3477
לֵֽב\׃LevheartH3820

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 7:10

  • Psalms 125:4

    Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

  • Psalms 84:11

    For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  • Genesis 15:1

    After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

  • Proverbs 28:18

    Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  • Proverbs 2:21

    For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

  • Job 8:6

    If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

  • Proverbs 11:20

    They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

  • Psalms 89:18

    For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

  • Psalms 112:2

    His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

  • Psalms 18:1-2

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. 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 3:3

    But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My, etc. Heb. My buckler is upon God.
3:3; 18:1,2; 84:11; 89:18; Ge 15:1
which.
112:2; 125:4; Job 8:6; Pr 2:21; 11:20; 28:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 7:9

    Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

  • Psalms 7:10

    My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

  • Psalms 7:11

    God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

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Psalms 7:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mi escudo está en Dios, que salva á los rectos de corazón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que la malice des méchants prenne fin, je te prie, et affermis le juste, toi, le Dieu juste, qui sondes les cœurs et les reins.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mein Schild ist bei Gott, der die von Herzen Aufrichtigen rettet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Consumetur nequitia peccatorum, et diriges justum, scrutans corda et renes, Deus.