Psa 7:1 | NET2full | STEP | A musical composition by David , which he sang to the Lord concerning a Benjaminite named Cush . O Lord my God , in you I have taken shelter . Deliver me from all who chase me. Rescue me!

‏ Psalms 7:1

Psalm 7 ^{▼▼sn Psalm 7. The psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from his enemies. He protests his innocence and declares his confidence in God’s justice.}

A musical composition ^{▼▼tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew term שִׁגָּיוֹן (shiggayon; translated here “musical composition”) is uncertain. Some derive the noun from the verbal root שָׁגָה (shagah, “swerve, reel”) and understand it as referring to a “wild, passionate song, with rapid changes of rhythm” (see BDB 993 s.v. שִׁגָּיוֹן). But this proposal is purely speculative. The only other appearance of the noun is in Hab 3:1, where it occurs in the plural.} by David, which he sang to the Lord concerning ^{▼▼tn Or “on account of.”} a Benjaminite named Cush. ^{▼▼sn Apparently this individual named Cush was one of David’s enemies.}

1 O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter. ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew perfect verbal form probably refers here to a completed action with continuing results.}
Deliver me from all who chase me. Rescue me!

‏ Psalms 7:1

Psalm 7 ▼▼sn Psalm 7. The psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from his enemies. He protests his innocence and declares his confidence in God’s justice.

Psalm 7 ^{▼▼sn Psalm 7. The psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from his enemies. He protests his innocence and declares his confidence in God’s justice.}