New International Version
Psalms 7:3
3Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—
Psalms 7:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in 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
1Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, 2or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands— 4if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe— 5then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.
Read all of Psalms 7Psalms 7:3 word by word
יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי אִם־עָשִׂ֣יתִי זֹ֑את אִֽם־יֶשׁ־עָ֥וֶל בְּכַפָּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 7:3
- Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.
- Joshua 22:22“The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows! And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to the Lord, do not spare us this day.
- 1 Samuel 20:8As for you, show kindness to your servant, for you have brought him into a covenant with you before the Lord. If I am guilty, then kill me yourself! Why hand me over to your father?”
- 1 Samuel 22:8Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”
- 1 Samuel 24:9He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you’?
- 1 Samuel 26:18And he added, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong am I guilty of?
- 2 Samuel 16:7As he cursed, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you murderer, you scoundrel!
- Job 16:17yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
- Psalms 66:18If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;
- 1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life.
- Job 11:14if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
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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