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=Overview=
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{{Overview  
|Chapter=7
|Chapter=7
|Verse Count=18
|Verse Count=18
|Memorable Phrase=If I have done this...
|Memorable Icon=Psalm 007 - icon.jpg
|Memorable Icon=Psalm 007 - icon.jpg
|Memorable Phrase=If I have done this...
|Purpose=To invoke justice from YHWH towards both the righteous (specifically, himself) and the wicked (false accusers).
|Purpose=To invoke justice from YHWH towards both the righteous (specifically, himself) and the wicked (false accusers).
|Content=God is a righteous judge. He saves the upright, and he brings the end to the wicked's violence.
|Content=God is a righteous judge. He saves the upright, and he brings the end to the wicked's violence.
|Message=King YHWH will see to it that the wicked receive their punishment and that the righteous are vindicated.
|Message=King YHWH will see to it that the wicked receive their punishment and that the righteous are vindicated.
|Author=David
|Author=David
|Background Ideas=<ul><li>Cush was most likely a supporter of Saul.</li>
|Background Ideas=<ul><li>Cush was most likely a supporter of Saul.</li>
<li>Settling civil offenses required taking a 'purgatory oath of...innocence (...Exod 22:10f) (Waltke 2014, 82). Israelites often made alliances between each other ( Gen 14:13, 24; Josh 10:6ff; 1 Sam 20:5–16; 1 Sam 28:1; 29:8). The breaking of these alliances was unacceptable (2 Kings 20:42; 2 Chron 19:2). These alliances also required mutual defensive obligations, such that the enemy of your ally became your enemy (see Tigay 1970, 183–184)</li>
<li>Settling civil offenses required taking a 'purgatory oath of...innocence (...Exod 22:10f) (Waltke 2014, 82). Israelites often made alliances between each other ( Gen 14:13, 24; Josh 10:6ff; 1 Sam 20:5–16; 1 Sam 28:1; 29:8). The breaking of these alliances was unacceptable (2 Kings 20:42; 2 Chron 19:2). These alliances also required mutual defensive obligations, such that the enemy of your ally became your enemy (see Tigay 1970, 183–184)</li>
<li>The law forbids false accusations. Those who make false accusations must undergo the punishment that they intended to bring upon others (Deut. 19:16–20).</li></ul>
<li>The law forbids false accusations. Those who make false accusations must undergo the punishment that they intended to bring upon others (Deut. 19:16–20).</li></ul>
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Latest revision as of 12:07, 7 January 2025


"If I have done this..."

Purpose: To invoke justice from YHWH towards both the righteous (specifically, himself) and the wicked (false accusers).

Content: God is a righteous judge. He saves the upright, and he brings the end to the wicked's violence.

Message: King YHWH will see to it that the wicked receive their punishment and that the righteous are vindicated.

Author: David

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