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Psalms 7:5

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Let 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.

Psalms 7:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 7:5

Theological / Devotional

Let the enemy persecute. The language of the curse invoked upon the psalmist’s own head is the language of an innocent man most cruelly wronged. The accused would prefer to be annihilated rather than to live under the weight of so great a condemnation. The emphasis is extreme: “persecute my soul [me],” “tread down my life,” “lay mine honour in the dust.”

Selah. See p. 629. The word may be singularly appropriate here. An interval of some type may well occur between the above abjuration and the prayer following.

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