translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET study note

text: . The psalmist asks the Lord to intervene and deliver him from his enemies. He protests his innocence and declares his confidence in God’s justice.


text: Apparently this individual named Cush was one of David’s enemies.


text: The Lord judges the nations . In hyperbolic fashion the psalmist pictures the nations assembled around the divine throne (v. 7 a). He urges God to take his rightful place on the throne (v. 7 b) and then pictures him making judicial decisions that vindicate the innocent (see vv. 8-16 ).