Psalms 7:6

“Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses, etc.] Not the providential mercy and kindness of God, in the care of him in his mother’s womb, at the time of his birth, in his nurture and education, and in the preservation of him to the present time; but the special mercy, grace, and love of God in Christ: the sense of the petition is the same with that of (<19A604>Psalm 106:4); which are expressed in the plural number, because of the largeness and abundance of it, and because of the various acts and instances of it; the Lord is rich and plenteous in mercy, abundant in goodness; his love is exceeding great, and numerous are the ways and methods in which it is declared, both…”

“God is involved as if hitherto careless of him (Psa 3:7; Psa 9:18). rage--the most violent, like a flood rising over a river's banks. the judgment . . . commanded--or, "ordained"; a just decision.”

“Arise, O Lord, in thine anger - That is, to punish him who thus unjustly persecutes me. See the notes at Psalms 3:7. Lift up thyself - As if he had been lying in repose and inaction. The idea is derived from a warrior who is called on to go forth and meet an enemy. Because of the rage of mine enemies - Not only of this particular enemy, but of those who were associated with him, and perhaps of all his foes. David felt, on this occasion, that he was surrounded by enemies; and he calls on God to interfere and save him. And awake for me - Or, in my behalf. The word “awake” is a still stronger expression than those which he had before used. It implies that one had been asleep, and insensible to…”

“Lift up - Glorify thyself, and shew thyself to be above them. Commanded - To execute that righteous sentence, which thou hast commanded, appointed, and declared by thy prophet Samuel. Psalms 7:7”

“7:6-9 With this appeal to God for justice in the world, the psalmist also submits to God’s examination. 7:6 God’s judgment brings justice, despite the chaos created by adversaries (see 7:11).”

“Arise: Psa 3:7, Psa 12:5, Psa 35:1, Psa 35:23, Psa 44:26, Psa 68:1, Psa 68:2; Isa 3:13 lift up: Psa 74:3, Psa 94:1, Psa 94:2; Isa 33:10, Isa 37:20 awake: Psa 44:23, Psa 59:5, Psa 73:20, Psa 78:65; Isa 51:9 to the: Psa 76:8, Psa 76:9, Psa 103:6; Sa2 17:14 \*marg. Psalms 7:7”

“(Heb.: 7:7-9) In the consciousness of his own innocence he calls upon Jahve to sit in judgment and to do justice to His own. His vision widens and extends from the enemies immediately around to the whole world in its hostility towards Jahve and His anointed one. In the very same way special judgments and the judgment of the world are portrayed side by side, as it were on one canvas, in the prophets. The truth of this combination lies in the fact of the final judgment being only the finale of that judgment which is in constant execution in the world itself. The language here takes the highest and most majestic flight conceivable. By קוּמה (Milra, ass in Psa 3:8), which is one of David's words…”