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.
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.