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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Shiggaion
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From shaagah, "erred." An erratic melody betokening excitement and agitation (Ewald). Hengstenberg refers it to the subject of the psalms, "the aberrations of the wicked" (). In consonance with this the Hebrew root of Shiggaion occurs in Saul's address to David (), "behold I have played the fool and erred exceedingly" (compare ; ). Psalm 7 refers to David's being accused by Saul (the Benjamite, Cush the Ethiopian unchangeably black at heart toward David: ; ; Cush similar to Kish, Saul's father) of plotting evil against him, whereas he returned good for evil in sparing Saul his deadly foe, when in his power (); "concerning the words" i.e. on account of the calumnies which men uttered against David to ingratiate themselves with the king, and which Saul gave ear to (; ). These David rebuts (-5).