If he turn not - If the wicked person does not repent. In the previous verse the psalmist had said that God is angry with the wicke…

If he turn not. —The Hebrew is doubly idiomatic. Translate surely (see Hebrews 3:11, with Note in New Testament Comme…

If he turn not—these verses are usually explained in two ways. The meaning is that if David’s enemies should persevere in their malicious …

If he turn not
Not God, but the enemy, or the wicked man, spoken of (Psalms 7:5Psalms 7:9[Re…

David is confident that he will find God his powerful Saviour. The destruction of sinners may be prevented by their conversion; for it is threatene…

1. The earlier psalms were written for liberation from enemies, but this is a psalm in which he prays for vindication from them. Thus, the t…