Or, And have plundered him who vexed me without cause.
Or, And have plundered him who vexed me without cause.
In this psalm David felt that he had done no wrong, and he asked God to judge him according to his righteousness and his integrity (v. 8). This shows that David had not been enlightened and convicted by God concerning his own sinfulness (cf. Psa. 51; Isa. 64:6; Rom. 7:18; Luke 18:9-14; 1 Tim. 1:15).
Like the book of Job, many of the psalms give us the impression that we need to be godly, to fear God and trust in Him, to keep the law, to maintain our integrity, and to be righteous, upright, just, and perfect (cf. note Job 1:14b, par. 1). Such a concept, however, is not according to the divine revelation of the New Testament; it is altogether the concept of the Old Testament under the law according to the knowledge of good and evil. The New Testament reveals that we have been crucified with Christ (Gal. 2:20) and buried with Him (Rom. 6:4). Death has liberated us from the law (Rom. 7:1-6; Gal. 2:19). Now we should simply receive Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God, and let Him live in us, no longer caring for our righteousness, justice, or integrity but caring only for Christ, the living One (Phil. 3:6-9).
Psa. 3 title
The meaning of the term is obscure but apparently denotes a musical form or tempo (cf. Hab. 3:1).