Psa 7:6, 35:23, Isa 51:9 | JFB | STEP | 6. God is involved as if hitherto careless of him ( ). rage —the most violent, like a flood rising over a river's banks. the judgment . . . commanded

Psalms 7:6

6. God is involved as if hitherto careless of him (Ps 3:7; 9:18).

rage—the most violent, like a flood rising over a river's banks.

the judgment . . . commanded—or, "ordained"; a just decision.

Psalms 35:23

23, 24. (Compare Ps 7:6; 26:1; 2Th 1:6). God's righteous government is the hope of the pious and terror of the wicked.

Isaiah 51:9

9. Impassioned prayer of the exiled Jews.

ancient days— (Ps 44:1).

Rahab—poetical name for Egypt (see on Isa 30:7).

dragon—Hebrew, tannin. The crocodile, an emblem of Egypt, as represented on coins struck after the conquest of Egypt by Augustus; or rather here, "its king," Pharaoh (see on Isa 27:1; Ps 74:13, 14; Eze 32:2, Margin; Eze 29:3).