King James Version
Psalms 7:3
3O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Psalms 7:3 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands,
- New Living Translation (NLT)O Lord my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,
Context of Psalms 7:3
1O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: 2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) 5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Read all of Psalms 7Psalms 7:3 word by word
יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי אִם־עָשִׂ֣יתִי זֹ֑את אִֽם־יֶשׁ־עָ֥וֶל בְּכַפָּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 7:3
- Psalms 59:3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
- Joshua 22:22The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,)
- 1 Samuel 20:8Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
- 1 Samuel 22:8That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
- 1 Samuel 24:9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
- 1 Samuel 26:18And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
- 2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
- Job 16:17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
- Psalms 66:18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
- 1 Samuel 24:11Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
- Job 11:14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Commentaries on Psalms 7:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3If I have done this - David was accused by Saul of affecting the kingdom; and of waiting for an opportunity to take away the life of his king, his patron, and his friend. In his application to God he refers to these charges; meets them with indignation; and clears himself of them by a strong appeal to his Judge; and an imprecation that, if he had meditated or designed any such thing, he might meet with nothing but curse and calamity either from God or man.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3O Lord my God - A solemn appeal to God as to the sincerity and truth of what he was about to say. If I have done this - This thing charged upon me, for it is evident that “Cush,” whoever he was, had accused him of some wrong thing - some wicked action. What that was can only be learned from what follows, and even this is not very specific. So far as appears, however, it would seem to be that he accused David of bringing evil, in some way, upon one who was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The psalmist does not claim to be without sin, but he knows that he does not deserve the cruel attacks of his opponents (see 35:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. if I have done this--that is, the crime charged in the "words of Cush" (compare 1Sa 24:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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