John Trapp on Psalms 7:5

Verſ. 5. Let the enemy perſecute my Soul, and take it] Thus he cleareth himſelf by an holy imprecation. (The Spaniſh Bible hath for Shiggaion Davidis in the Title, Purgatio Davidis, as the ſame Hebrew word [non-Latin text not transcribed] ſignifieth both Sin, and Purification from ſin, Pſal. 51.) taking God to witneſs of his innocency and good Conſcience, and wiſhing evil to himſelf, if it were otherwiſe. This he did from a good cauſe, in a good manner, and for a good end. And not as many prophane ones do now adays, who taxed, though never ſo truly, with ſome evil they have done, ſeek to juſtifie themſelves by appealing to God, and calling for his Curſe upon them, if guilty, who therefore ſtriketh ſuch impudent imprecatours immediately, as Anne Averies and others. See Mr. Clarks Mirrour.

And tread down my life] Heb. My lives; ſo uſually called, ſaith an Interpreter, for the many faculties and operations that are in life, the many years, degrees, eſtates thereof.

And lay mine honour in the duſt. Selah] Let him brand me for a moſt treacherous ignominious wretch, and let me lye buried in a bog of indeleble infamy.