Psalms 7:1

A musical composition ²  by David, which he sang to the Lord concerning ³  a Benjaminite named Cush. ⁴  O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter. ⁵  Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!

Jos 14:8; 2Sa 16:1-23; Ps 3:7; Ps 11:1; Ps 13:3,5; Ps 17:7-9; Ps 18:2; Ps 18:28; Ps 25:2; Ps 26:1; Ps 30:2,12; Ps 31:1; Ps 31:15; Ps 32:10; Ps 35:1-3; Ps 43:4; Ps 89:26; Ps 146:3-6; Isa 50:10; Jer 15:15; Jer 20:11; Jer 31:18; Da 9:4,19,20; Hab 3:1; Zec 14:5; 1Pe 1:21; 1Pe 4:19

¹ 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.

² 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.

³ tn Or “on account of.”

⁴ sn Apparently this individual named Cush was one of David’s enemies.

⁵ tn The Hebrew perfect verbal form probably refers here to a completed action with continuing results.