Psalms 7:4

Have delivered. Heb. chalaṣ, which, according to some authorities, in the form here used may also mean “to plunder,” “to despoil.” If this is its intended meaning, then there is a reference here to the charge of the enemy (see on v. 3). However, the more common meaning of chalaṣ is “to deliver” (see 2 Sam. 22:20; Job 36:15; Ps. 34:7; etc.) and hence the reading of the KJV is to be preferred. According to this rendering the psalmist protests that instead of taking advantage of him “that was at peace” with him, he has done just the opposite: he has rescued the man who was at war with him (see 1 Sam. 24:4–7).