Psalm 57
Verse 1
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
A. M. 2943. B.C. 1061. (Title.) {Al-tas-chith.} or, destroy not. A golden Psalm. This Psalm is supposed to have been called {al tashcheth,} or "destroy not," because David thus addressed one of his followers when about to kill Saul in the cave; and {michtam,} or "golden," because written, or worthy to be written, in gold
when
142.1 *title; 1 Samuel 22.1 24.3,8
be
soul
shadow
17.7,8 36.7 61.4 63.7 91.1,4,9 Ruth 2.12 Luke 13.34
until
Isaiah 10.25 26.20 Matthew 24.22 John 16.20 James 5.10,11 Revelation 7.14 21.4
Verse 2
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
God most
that
138.8 Isaiah 26.12 Philippians 1.6 2.12 Hebrews 13.21
Verse 3
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
send
18.6-50 144.5-7 Matthew 28.2-6 Acts 12.11
from the reproach of him
or, he reproacheth him, etc. swallow.
56.1,2 61.7 Numbers 23.24 Job 31.31 Micah 3.2,3
send
Verse 4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
among
10.9 17.12,13 22.13-16 35.17 58.6 Proverbs 28.15 Daniel 6.22-24
set
whose
58.6 John 4.10,11 Proverbs 30.14
tongue
52.2 55.21 64.3 Proverbs 12.18 25.18 Revelation 19.15
Verse 5
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
Be thou
11 21.13 108.4,5 1 Chronicles 29.1 Isaiah 2.11,17 12.4 37.20 Matthew 6.9,10
above
thy glory
72.19 148.13 Numbers 14.21 Isaiah 6.3 Habakkuk 2.14 3.3
Verse 6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
a net
7.15,16 9.15,16 35.7,8 140.5 1 Samuel 23.22-26 Proverbs 29.5 Micah 7.2
my soul
42.6 142.3 143.4 Matthew 26.37,38
Verse 7
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
my
fixed
or, prepared. I will.
34.4 Isaiah 24.15 Romans 5.3 Ephesians 5.20
Verse 8
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Awake
my glory
I myself will awake early
Literally,"I will awaken the morning," or dawn; a highly poetical expression, which Milton and others have borrowed:-- Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn.
Verse 9
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
2.1 18.49 22.22,23 96.3 138.1,4,5 145.10-12 Romans 15.9
Verse 10
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
For
36.5 71.19 85.10,11 89.1,2 103.11 108.4
truth
Genesis 9.9-17 Isaiah 54.7-10 Hebrews 6.17,18
Verse 11
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.