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.