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Psalms 7:1

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 7:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust (compare the openings of ; ; .). When David is most sorely pressed by persecution and danger, then is his faith and trust in God mast plainly apparent.

Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. The Revised Version has, "from all them that pursue me;" but "persecute" is better. Hengstenberg and Kay have, "from all my persecutors." So also French and Skinner.

The persecutors are such men as the Ziphites and others, who encouraged Saul in his attempts to take David's life (, ).

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