PSALM 7
An Ode of David, [probably] in a wild, irregular, enthusiastic strain,
which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
David prays against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocence
Psalm7.1-9
7
O LORD my God, in You I take refuge and put my trust; save me from all those ho pursue and persecute me, and deliver me,2
Lest my foe tear my life [from my body] like a lion, dragging me away while there is none to deliver.3
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,4
if I have paid back with evil him who was at peace with me or without cause have robbed him who was my enemy.5
Let the enemy pursue my life and take it; yes, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust.Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
6
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies; and awake [and stir up] for me the justice and vindication [that] You have commanded.7
Let the assembly of the people be gathered about You, and return on high over them.8
The LORD judges the people; judge me, O LORD, and do me justice according to my righteousness [my rightness, justice, and right standing with You] and according to the integrity that is in me.9
Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the [uncompromisingly] righteous [those upright and in harmony with You]; for You, Who try the hearts and emotions and thinking powers, are a righteous God. [Rev2.23]By faith he sees his defence, and derides their vain enterprises
Psalm7.10-17
10
My defence and shield depend on God, Who saves the upright in heart.11
God is a righteous Judge, yes, a God Who is indignant every day.12
If a man does not turn and repent, [God] will whet His sword; He has strung and bent His [huge] bow and made it ready [by treading it with His foot].13
He has also prepared for him deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.14
Behold, [the wicked man] conceives iniquity and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.15
He made a pit and hollowed it out and has fallen into the hole which he made [before the trap was completed].16
His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp.17
I will give to the LORD the thanks due to His rightness and justice, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
PSALM 8
To the Chief Musician; set to a Philistine lute,
or [possibly] to a particular Hittite tune. A Psalm of David.
God's glory magnified ny His works. He gives man dominion.
Psalm8.1-9
8
LORD, our Sovereign [Lord], how excellent (majesty and glorious) is Your name in all the earth!You have set You glory on [or above] the heavens.
2
Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have established strength because of Your foes, that You might silence the enemy and the avenger. [Matt21.15,16]3
When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established.4
What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?5
Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor.6
You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet: [1Cor15.27; Eph1.22,23; Heb2.6-8]7
All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field8
The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes along the paths of the seas.9
O LORD, our Sovereign [Lord], how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth!
PSALM 9
To the Chief Musician; set for [possibly] soprano voices. A Psalm of David.
David praises God for executing justice
Psalm9.1-10
9
I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds!2
I will rejoice in You and be in high spirits; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High!3
When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before You.4
For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging righteously.5
You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.6
The enemy have been cut off and have vanished in everlasting ruins, You have plucked up and overthrown their cities; the very memory of them has perished and vanished.7
But the LORD shall remain and continue forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment. [Heb1.11]8
And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness. [Acts17.31]9
The LORD also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation).10
And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy[ will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God's Word and the right of their necessity]. [Ps42.1]He exhorts others to praise him
Psalm9.11-20
11
Sing praises to the LORD, Who dwells in Zion! Declare among the peoples His doings!12
For He Who avenges the blood [of His people shed unjustly] remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted (the poor and the humble).13
Have mercy upon me and be gracious to me, O LORD; consider how I am afflicted by those who hate me, You Who lift me up from the gates of death,14
that I may show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your praises! In the gates of the Daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation and Your saving help.15
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot caught.16
The LORD has made Himself known; He executes judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.Higgaion [meditation]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
17
The wicked shall be turned back [headlong into premature death] into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget or are forgetful of God18
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the expectation and hope of the meek and the poor shall not perish forever.19
Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before You.20
Put them in fear [make them realize their frail nature[, O LORD, that the nations may know themselves to be but men.Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!