Psalms 7

Psalms 7THEME: A cry for revengeSomeone has suggested that over this psalm should be written: “Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?” Notice that the inscription is “Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.” Although we cannot be dogmatic on the meaning of shiggaion, it is thought that it means “crying aloud.” This is David crying aloud in song. How I would love to have heard him sing this psalm. This psalm is a loud cry. I think it reveals prophetically the persecution and the final suffering of the God-fearing remnant of Israel during the time of the Great Tribulation. It is the outcry against the “man of sin,” a theme that is carried into the next psalm. Notice David’s confidence in prayer:

Psalms 7:1

Arno Gaebelein’s translation reads: “Jehovah, my God, in thee I seek shelter. Save me from my pursuers, and rescue me, lest like a lion he tear my soul rending in pieces, and no one to deliver” (The Book of Psalms, p. 40). Who is that lion? That is Satan, whom Peter says is on the prowl. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1Pe_5:8). Then he speaks of unjust persecution:

Psalms 7:3

Unjust and innocent suffering in this world is something I don’t understand. I don’t propose to understand it, but I want to say this to you: I know Somebody who does understand it, and He is going to explain it to us one day. There are things in my life and things in your life that we don’t understand. I can’t explain your trouble, because I don’t even know why I have had to go through certain things; but He is going to explain it someday. Now we come to the wonderful part. This is not the darkness of night as we saw in Psalms 6, but this is morning light.

Psalms 7:6

He cries for God to avenge and vindicate him.

Psalms 7:11

At the time I am writing this, we are in a time of the “new morality,” which is really just old immorality. God doesn’t go along with it; He is not changing His standards to conform to modern thought. Because of this, we can sing with David:

Psalms 7:17

My friend, God will deal with sin and wickedness, and He will finally eradicate it from His universe. Praise the Lord!