תהלים 7:8

Hebrew Modern Translation

יהוה ידין עמים שפטני יהוה כצדקי וכתמי עלי׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
[7:9] ידין עמים שפטני יהוה כצדקי וכתמי עלי

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
[7:9] יְהוָה֮ יָדִ֪ין עַ֫מִּ֥ים שָׁפְטֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֑ה כְּצִדְקִ֖י וּכְתֻמִּ֣י עָלָֽי ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
[7:9] יְהוָה יָדִין עַמִּים שָׁפְטֵנִי יְהוָה כְּצִדְקִי וּכְתֻמִּי עָלָֽי ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The Lord: Psalms 9:8, Psalms 11:4, Psalms 82:1, Psalms 96:13, Psalms 98:9, Genesis 18:25, Acts 17:31, Romans 14:10-12, 1 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Corinthians 4:5

judge: Psalms 26:1, Psalms 35:24, Psalms 43:1, Genesis 31:53, 2 Chronicles 20:12

according: Psalms 17:2, Psalms 17:3, Psalms 18:20-24, Psalms 35:24-27, 2 Corinthians 1:12

to mine: Psalms 25:21, Psalms 26:11, Psalms 41:12, Psalms 78:72, Proverbs 19:1, 1 Thessalonians 2:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 16:5 - the Lord Genesis 20:5 - in the integrity Deuteronomy 32:36 - For the Judges 11:27 - be judge 1 Samuel 24:12 - Lord judge 1 Samuel 26:23 - render 2 Samuel 18:19 - avenged him 2 Samuel 22:21 - rewarded Job 10:7 - Thou knowest Job 31:6 - Let me be weighed in an even balance Psalms 7:11 - General Psalms 17:1 - Hear Psalms 31:1 - deliver Psalms 36:10 - and thy Psalms 94:15 - But Psalms 135:14 - the Lord John 21:17 - thou knowest that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord shall judge the people,.... The inhabitants of the world in general; for God is the Judge of all the earth, and he judges the world in righteousness daily, and ministers judgment in uprightness, though it is not always manifest; or his own people in particular, whose cause he pleads, whose injuries and wrongs he avenges, whose persons he protects and defends; this the psalmist expresses with confidence, and therefore, suitable to his character as a Judge, he entreats him as follows:

judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness; he speaks not of his justification before God, in whose sight he well knew no flesh living could be justified by their own righteousness, Psalms 143:2; nor of the righteousness of his person, either imputed or inherent; but of the righteousness of his cause, Psalms 35:27; not of his righteousness God-ward, for he knew that he was a sinner with respect to him; but of his righteousness towards Saul, against whom he had not sinned, but had acted towards him in the most righteous and faithful manner,

1 Samuel 24:11; and therefore desired to be judged, and was content to stand or fall according to his conduct and behaviour towards him;

and according to mine integrity [that is] in me; who had always acted the sincere and upright part towards Saul, though he had pursued him with so much fury and violence; the psalmist's prayer was heard and answered, Psalms 18:20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord shall judge the people - Expressing his confident belief that God would interpose, and that his judgment would not much longer be delayed. The proposition is a general one - that God would see that justice would be done to all people; and on this ground the psalmist pleads that He would now interpose and defend him from his enemies.

Judge me, O Lord - That is, in my present circumstances. Interpose to do justice to my cause, and to vindicate me from these false accusations.

According to my righteousness - In this particular case, for to that the proper laws of interpretation require us to confine this. He does not say that he wished his own righteousness to be made the basis of judgment in determining his eternal welfare, or that he depended on his own righteousness for salvation - for that is not the point in question; but he felt that his was, in this case, a righteous cause; that he was not guilty of the charge alleged against him; that he was an injured, wronged, and calumniated man; and he prayed that God would “vindicate” him from these charges, and defend him from those who were unjustly persecuting him. With all our sense of personal unworthiness in the matter of salvation, it is not improper, when we are wronged, to pray that God would interpose and vindicate us in that particular case, according to our innocence of the charges alleged against us.

And according to mine integrity that is in me - Hebrew, “my perfection.” That is, his perfection in “this” case; his entire freedom from the charges brought against him; his absolute innocence in respect to the points under consideration. A man may be conscious of “perfect” innocence in respect to a particular matter, and yet have a deep sense of his “general” unworthiness, and of the fact that he is a sinner against God. That I am innocent of a particular act charged on me does not prove that I am guiltless altogether; that I should allege that, and insist on that, and pray to God to vindicate me in that, does not prove that I depend on that for the salvation of my soul, or that I claim absolute perfection before him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 7:8. The Lord shall judge the people — He will execute justice and maintain truth among them. They shall not be as sheep without a shepherd.

Judge me, O Lord — Let my innocence be brought to the light, and my just dealing made clear as the noonday.