Psalms 7:9

“The meek will he guide in judgment, etc.] Or “the miserable” f393 and afflicted; such as see themselves to be wretched and miserable, lost and undone; and cry out, What shall we do to be saved? and who are meek and lowly, are humbled under a sense of their sins, are poor in spirit, and of broken and contrite hearts; these the Lord will guide by his Spirit into the truth, as it is in Jesus; even the great truth of salvation by him; and in the way of his judgments, statutes, and ordinances; and will give them a true judgment and a right discerning of things that differ; and he will lead them on in judgment, or gently; (see <241024>Jeremiah 10:24); into every truth of the Gospel by degrees, and…”

“the hearts and reins--the affections and motives of men, or the seat of them (compare Psa 16:7; Psa 26:2); as we use heart and bosom or breast.”

“Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to and end - Of all the wicked; wickedness not in this particular case only, but wickedness of all forms, and in all lands. The prayer here is a natural one; when a man becomes impressed with a sense of the evil of sin in one form, he wishes that the world may be delivered from it in all forms and altogether. But establish the just - The righteous. This stands in contrast with his desire in regard to the wicked. He prays that the righteous may be confirmed in their integrity, and that their plans may succeed. This prayer is as universal as the former, and is, in fact, a prayer that the world may come under the dominion of the principles of truth and…”

“O - Put a stop to their wicked practices. Psalms 7:11”

“7:9 God examines the mind and heart of each person (see 11:3-4; 26:2; 139:1, 23).”

“Oh: Psa 9:5, Psa 9:6, Psa 10:15, Psa 10:18, Psa 58:6, Psa 74:10, Psa 74:11, Psa 74:22, Psa 74:23; Isa 37:36-38; Dan 11:45; Act 12:23 but: Psa 37:23 \*marg. Psa 40:2; Sa1 2:9; Rom 16:25; Th1 3:13; Pe1 5:10; Jde 1:1 for: Psa 17:3, Psa 44:21, Psa 139:1; Sa1 16:7; Ch1 28:9; Jer 11:20, Jer 17:10, Jer 20:12; Rev 2:23 Psalms 7:10”

“(Heb.: 7:10-11) In this strophe we hear the calm language of courageous trust, to which the rising and calmly subsiding caesural schema is particularly adapted. He is now concerned about the cessation of evil: Oh let it come to an end (גּמר intransitive as in Psa 12:2; Psa 77:9).... His prayer is therefore not directed against the individuals as such but against the wickedness that is in them. This Psalm is the key to all Psalms which contain prayers against one's enemies. Just in the same manner וּתכונן is intended to express a wish; it is one of the comparatively rare voluntatives of the 2 pers. (Ew. 229): and mayst Thou be pleased to establish.... To the termination of evil which is…”