King James Version
Psalms 7:4 in the King James Version says “If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)”
Psalms 7:4 · KJV
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. none: Heb. not a deliverer
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“If I have rewarded”
H1580to treat a person (well or ill), i.e., benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e., (specifically) to wean
“unto him that was at peace”
H7999to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate
“with me (yea I have delivered”
H2502to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflexive) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
“him that without cause”
H7387emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly
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