Psalms 7:6

Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The psalmist addresses Yahweh, requesting immediate divine action against enemies who are actively pursuing him and threatening to trample him to the ground.

The words — קוּמָהּ (ku.ma/h) means "arise," and הִנָּשֵׂא (hi.na.se') translates to "raise yourself," both verbs commanding God to mobilize against the psalmist's opponents.

The thread — The text runs parallel to Psalms 35:23, Psalms 44:23, and Psalms 3:7, which similarly record pleas for God to awaken and intervene in defense of the speaker.

Why it lands — The passage requires a reader to recognize that deliverance depends on God's judicial response rather than human effort, demanding reliance on divine authority for justice.

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The Hebrew words

ק֘וּמָ֤הku.Ma/harise/ !יְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehO Yahweh בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָbe./'a.Pe./khain/ anger/ your הִ֭נָּשֵׂאHi.na.se'raise yourself בְּעַבְר֣וֹתbe./'av.Roton/ [the] furi<es> of צוֹרְרָ֑יtzo.Ra/iopposers/ my וְע֥וּרָהve./'U.ra/hand/ awake/ !אֵ֝לַ֗י'e.La/ito/ me מִשְׁפָּ֥טmish.Patjustice צִוִּֽיתָ׃tzi.Vi.tayou have commanded

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Psalms 35:23 Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Psalms 44:23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
Psalms 3:7 Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
Isaiah 33:10 “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
Psalms 44:26 Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
Psalms 103:6 The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
Psalms 138:7 If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
Isaiah 37:20 And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
2 Samuel 17:14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.