Shīpiān 7:3

3 Yēhéhuá wǒde shén a , wǒ ruò xíng le zhè shì , ruò yǒu zuìniè zaì wǒ shǒu lǐ ,

Shīpiān 7:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 7:3

O Lord my God, if I have done this.
] The crime which Saul and his courtiers charged him with, and which was made so public that every body knew it; and therefore it was needless particularly to mention it; namely, that he lay in wait for Saul, and sought his life to take it away, ( 1 Samuel 24:9 ) . The Targum interprets it of this psalm, paraphrasing it, "if I have made this song with an evil intention"; to give an ill character of any, and lead them with false charges;

if there be iniquity in my hands;
not that he was without sin, he had it in his heart; nor that he lived without the actual commission of sin: but his sense is, that there was no iniquity, as not in his heart, purpose, and design, so not in his hand, nor attempted by him, of the kind he was accused of, ( 1 Samuel 24:11 ) . Otherwise, we often hear him complaining of the depravity of his nature, and acknowledging his sins and transgressions, ( Psalms 32:5 ) ( Psalms 38:3 Psalms 38:4 ) ( 51:1-5 ) .

Shīpiān 7:3 In-Context

1 Yēhéhuá wǒde shén a , wǒ tóukào nǐ . qiú nǐ jiù wǒ tuōlí yīqiè zhuīgǎn wǒde rén , jiāng wǒ jiù bá chūlai .

2 Kǒngpà tāmen xiàng shīzi sī liè wǒ , shènzhì sī suì , wú rén dājiù .

3 Yēhéhuá wǒde shén a , wǒ ruò xíng le zhè shì , ruò yǒu zuìniè zaì wǒ shǒu lǐ ,

4 Wǒ ruò yǐ è bào nà yǔ wǒ jiāo hǎo de rén , lián nà wú gù yǔ wǒ wéi dí de , wǒ yĕ jiù le tā ,

5 Jiù rènpíng chóudí zhuīgǎn wǒ , zhídào zhuī shang . jiāng wǒde xìngméng tā zaì dì xià , shǐ wǒde róngyào guīyú huī chén . ( xì lā )