7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.
7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.
7 My accusers have packed the courtroom; it's judgment time.
7 So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You; For their sakes, therefore, return on high.
7 Gather the nations before you. Rule over them from on high.
16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
16 He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
16 But me he caught - reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out
16 He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
16 He reached down from heaven and rescued me; he drew me out of deep waters.
(Read Psalm 18:1-19)
The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did, we shall speed as he did. God's manifestation of his presence is very fully described, Hebrews 5:7. God made the earth to shake and tremble, and the rocks to cleave, and brought him out, in his resurrection, because he delighted in him and in his undertaking.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 7:7
Commentary on Psalm 7:1-9
(Read Psalm 7:1-9)
David flees to God for succour. But Christ alone could call on Heaven to attest his uprightness in all things. All His works were wrought in righteousness; and the prince of this world found nothing whereof justly to accuse him. Yet for our sakes, submitting to be charged as guilty, he suffered all evils, but, being innocent, he triumphed over them all. The plea is, "For the righteous God trieth the hearts and the reins." He knows the secret wickedness of the wicked, and how to bring it to an end; he is witness to the secret sincerity of the just, and has ways of establishing it. When a man has made peace with God about all his sins, upon the terms of grace and mercy, through the sacrifice of the Mediator, he may, in comparison with his enemies, appeal to God's justice to decide.