The Meaning of Psalms 7:11 Explained

Psalms 7:11

KJV: God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

YLT: God is a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.

Darby: God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant all the day.

ASV: God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

God  judgeth  the righteous,  and God  is angry  [with the wicked] every day. 

What does Psalms 7:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 7:1-17 - Refuge In God From Evil Men
This psalm should be compared with 1 Samuel 24:1-22; 1 Samuel 25:1-44; 1 Samuel 26:1-25. Cush, or "dark-complexioned," may refer to a Benjamite who was David's calumniator with Saul. If David needed deliverance from his foes, how much more do we from Satan! 1 Peter 5:8-9.
So far from being guilty of the offense charged against him, David on two occasions had spared Saul's life, 1 Samuel 24:1-22; 1 Samuel 26:1-25. Mine honor, Psalms 7:5, is probably another word for "soul," Genesis 49:6. It seems as if, Psalms 7:6-9, God has abdicated His throne, and the suppliant is pleading with him to resume it, with no fear as to the verdict. Evil recoils, like the boomerang, on those who set it in motion. Ralph the Rover perished on the Inchcape Rock, whose warning bell he had destroyed. The hunter falls into the pit prepared in the forest track for his prey, Judges 1:7. What a noble prayer in Psalms 7:9! [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 7

1  David prays against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocence
10  By faith he sees his defense, and the destruction of his enemies

What do the individual words in Psalms 7:11 mean?

God [is] a judge just and God is angry [with the wicked] every day
אֱ֭לֹהִים שׁוֹפֵ֣ט צַדִּ֑יק וְ֝אֵ֗ל זֹעֵ֥ם בְּכָל־ יֽוֹם

אֱ֭לֹהִים  God  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
שׁוֹפֵ֣ט  a  judge 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁפַט  
Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish.
צַדִּ֑יק  just 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
וְ֝אֵ֗ל  and  God 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵל 
Sense: god, god-like one, mighty one.
זֹעֵ֥ם  is  angry  [with  the  wicked] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: זָעַם  
Sense: to denounce, express indignation, be indignant.
בְּכָל־  every 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
יֽוֹם  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.