Psa 7:6 | KingComments | STEP | Because all the accusations are false, David asks the LORD to arise now and stand up for him ( ). It is the picture of a court hearing. The LORD must now arise as the Chief Judge. Let Him do that in His anger. David knows that the LORD is angry about false accusations. Then let Him show this by lifting up Himself in His full stature against the rage of his adversaries. He, David, is His chosen king, isn’t he? Let the LORD then not keep Himself asleep, but awake for his sake. Surely He cannot look upon this unrighteousness with impunity, can He? After all, He Himself has “appointed judgment”! Then He must judge and act in his favor. Hence his request to the LORD, which he repeats in all kinds of tones, to “arise”: “lift up Yourself” and “arouse Yourself”. David holds out to God that He lets “the assembly of the peoples encompass” Him ( ). By this he is saying that the peoples will be present at His trial and then see how God judges and acts. They will see that the supreme Judge has ruled against the accusers who have sued David in vain. Then He will take a seat “on high” above them and will declare the accusers guilty. Thus the LORD will “judge the peoples” ( ). After all, the judgment that He has appointed applies to the peoples as well. Now the point is that God will do justice to David. David boldly asks for that because he knows he is “righteous”. He has done nothing against God nor against people that gives his persecutors the right to hunt him down like that. There is nothing wrong in his motives either. He has examined himself, with the result that he can say without any posturing that his “integrity” is in him. On this basis he calls upon God to put an end to “the evil of the wicked” ( ). As for himself, “the righteous”, he appeals to God to establish him. His exclamation “righteous God” expresses full conviction. God is “the righteous judge” ( ), the just God, Who knows the difference between the wicked and the just. After all, He tries “hearts and minds”. “Minds” is literally “kidneys”, figurative for inner man. Heart and kidneys refer to the most inner of man ( ). In a spiritual sense, it refers to the hidden deliberations of the heart and the conscience. As David says, God knows the deepest motivations of both the wicked and the righteous.

‏ Psalms 7:6

Demand for Vindication

Because all the accusations are false, David asks the LORD to arise now and stand up for him (Psa 7:6). It is the picture of a court hearing. The LORD must now arise as the Chief Judge. Let Him do that in His anger. David knows that the LORD is angry about false accusations. Then let Him show this by lifting up Himself in His full stature against the rage of his adversaries.

He, David, is His chosen king, isn’t he? Let the LORD then not keep Himself asleep, but awake for his sake. Surely He cannot look upon this unrighteousness with impunity, can He? After all, He Himself has “appointed judgment”! Then He must judge and act in his favor. Hence his request to the LORD, which he repeats in all kinds of tones, to “arise”: “lift up Yourself” and “arouse Yourself”.

David holds out to God that He lets “the assembly of the peoples encompass” Him (Psa 7:7). By this he is saying that the peoples will be present at His trial and then see how God judges and acts. They will see that the supreme Judge has ruled against the accusers who have sued David in vain. Then He will take a seat “on high” above them and will declare the accusers guilty. Thus the LORD will “judge the peoples” (Psa 7:8). After all, the judgment that He has appointed applies to the peoples as well.

Now the point is that God will do justice to David. David boldly asks for that because he knows he is “righteous”. He has done nothing against God nor against people that gives his persecutors the right to hunt him down like that. There is nothing wrong in his motives either. He has examined himself, with the result that he can say without any posturing that his “integrity” is in him.

On this basis he calls upon God to put an end to “the evil of the wicked” (Psa 7:9). As for himself, “the righteous”, he appeals to God to establish him. His exclamation “righteous God” expresses full conviction. God is “the righteous judge” (2Tim 4:8), the just God, Who knows the difference between the wicked and the just.

After all, He tries “hearts and minds”. “Minds” is literally “kidneys”, figurative for inner man. Heart and kidneys refer to the most inner of man (Jer 11:20 ; Jer 17:10 ; Jer 20:12). In a spiritual sense, it refers to the hidden deliberations of the heart and the conscience. As David says, God knows the deepest motivations of both the wicked and the righteous.