Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Altaschith—or, "Destroy not." This is perhaps an enigmatical allusion to the critical circumstances connected with the history, for which compare I Samuel 22:1; I Samuel 26:1-3. In Moses' prayer (Deuteronomy 9:26) it is a prominent petition deprecating God's anger against the people. This explanation suits the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth also. Asaph uses it for the seventy-fifth, in the scope of which there is allusion to some emergency. Michtam—(See on Psalms 16:1, title). To an earnest cry for divine aid, the Psalmist adds, as often, the language of praise, in the assured hope of a favorable hearing. (Psalms 57:1-11)
my soul—or self, or life, which is threatened.
shadow of thy wings— (Psalms 17:8; Psalms 36:7).
calamities—literally, "mischiefs" (Psalms 52:2; Psalms 55:10).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 57:1:
Psalms 57:1
Psalms 59:1
Psalms 75:1
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