The Treasury of David
by C.H. Spurgeon

EXPOSITION OF THE PSALMS
(Psalms 7 Verse 5)

See Psalms on "Psalms 7:3" for further information.

EXPLANATORY NOTE AND QUAINT SAYINGS

Verse 5. Let him tread down my life upon the earth. The allusion here is to the manner in which the vanquished were often treated in battle, when they were rode over by horses, or trampled by men in the dust. The idea of David is, that if he was guilty he would be willing that his enemy should triumph over him, should subdue him, should treat him with the utmost indignity and scorn. Albert Barnes, in loc.

Verse 5. Mine honour in the dust. When Achilles dragged the body of Hector in the dust around the walls of Troy, he did but carry out the usual manners of those barbarous ages. David dares in his conscious innocence to imprecate such an ignominious fate upon himself if indeed the accusation of the black Benjamite be true. He had need have a golden character who dares to challenge such an ordeal. C.H.S.

 

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

None.