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Prayer for Safety from Enemies

To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David when he fled from Saul into the cave.

1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!
For my soul trusts in You;
aAnd in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,
bUntil these calamities have passed by. 
2 I will cry out to God Most High,
To God awho performs all things for me. 
3 aHe shall send from heaven and save me;
He reproaches the one who1 would swallow me up. Selah
God bshall send forth His mercy and His truth. 
4 My soul is among lions;
I lie among the sons of men
Who are set on fire,
aWhose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword. 
5 aBe exalted, O God, above the heavens;
Let Your glory be above all the earth. 
6 aThey have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down;
They have dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah 
7 aMy heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and give praise. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Psalms 57:1

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:

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