Psalm 7 - NKJV 1 O LORD my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me, 2 Lest they tear me like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands, 4 If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, Or have plundered my enemy without cause, 5 Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; Yes, let him trample my life to the earth, And lay my honor in the dust. Selah 6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies; Rise up for me[b]to the judgment You have commanded! 7 So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You; For their sakes, therefore, return on high. 8 The LORD shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me. 9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds. 10 My defense is of God, Who saves the upright in heart. 11 God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready. 13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts. 14 Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit and dug it out, And has fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown. 17 I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. A Meditation[a] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

Frustrated By False Friends? We continue to look into David's prayer journal and find that he was often troubled. In this Psalm he is referring to one Cush, a Benjaminite, who befriended him only for the purpose of making his life miserable. Cush was a friend of Saul and sought only to harm David. On the one side he spoke to his face as a friend but behind his back he would speak evil of the man of God. Obviously, David was evil spoken of. In his diatribe he pleads his cause before the Lord and asks God to be the judge of his heart. It is a good thing not to assume your own innocence, but to plead your cause before the judge and examiner of the secrets of the heart. The word of God, as part of God himself will do that examination along with the witness of the Spirit. (Hebrews 4:12) When you are accused cast yourself at the mercy of the court of heaven. He knows. He judges rightly. David, as so often he does, sandwiches his main concern in trust and praise. In verse one he begins with an affirmation of his trust in the Lord. That is a good thing to do. Remind your own heart of its alliagence. Then in verse 17 he ends this psalm or prayer with praise. As you sojourn thorough these Psalms note how often David refers to the "name of the Lord" within his praise. God's name is his character, his attributes. There are over 640 names of the Lord so that we might taste and see that the Lord is good. Think on his name. Call him by His name(s). Remind yourself of God's character and faithfulness. Everything else, and everyone else will change, but God does not. New King James Bible, Bible Gateway Index Our Devotional Index