Chapter 57
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.