Covenant Reformed News – August 2010 • Volume XIII, Issue 4
This article provides an exegetical analysis of Psalm 7, examining David's appeal to God as judge and deliverer against his enemies, with particular focus on how the psalm teaches God's sovereign, uncommon (particular) grace toward the elect and His wrath toward the reprobate wicked. The author addresses the omission of Psalm 7 from a previous series on "The Psalms Versus Common Grace" by demonstrating the psalm's relevance to the doctrine of God's particular grace and judgment.
Psalm 7 on Uncommon Grace A consideration of Psalm 7’s teaching on God’s sovereign, particular grace was specifically requested by a brother from Portugal surprised at its omission from the four articles on “The Psalms Versus Common Grace” (CR News XIII:21-24). Psalm 7 was penned by David, as the heading informs us, in response to “the words of Cush the Benjamite,” whom I take to be the same as Shimei who cursed and railed on Israel’s king when he fled Jerusalem upon Absalom’s rebellion (II...