Fixed, or established, in a full assurance of thy merciful help. It was ready to sink with fear, or bowed down, Psalms 57:6; but now I have through thy grace conquered my fears, and am fixed in a stedfast belief of thy promises. Or, is prepared, to wit, to sing and give praise, as it follows.
Verse Psalms 57:7. _MY HEART IS FIXED_] My heart is _prepared_ to do and suffer thy will. It is _fixed _- it has made the _firmest purpose_ through his strength by which I can do all things....
MY HEART IS FIXED, O GOD - Margin, as in Hebrew, “prepared.” Compare the notes at Psalms 51:10. The word “suited” or “prepared” accurately expresses the sense of the Hebrew, and it is so rendered in t...
Psalms 57 Perfect Trust in God _ 1. Sheltered until the trouble is past (Psalms 57:1)_ 2. Deliverance and praise (Psalms 57:6) The inscription is Al-taschith, which means “destroy not”; it is the...
LVII. HERE TWO PSS. ARE UNITED: A containing Psalms 57:1, B, Psalms 57:7. PSALMS 57:1. The Ps. is closely allied to the preceding, also a michtam Ps. (p. 373). The author flees to God's protection ag...
MY HEART. MY HEART. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), as in Psalms 57:1. (See the Structure, above; also the Figure of speech _Ecphonesis._) FIXED. steadfast. Contrast Psalms 78:37....
Convinced that God will manifest His authority, the Psalmist sees the machinations of his enemies turning to their own defeat, and utters resolutions of joyous thanksgiving....
_My heart is fixed_ Stedfastly resolved. Cp. Psalms 51:10; Psalms 112:7; Colossians 1:13 (ἐδραῖος is the word used by Symmaohus here). The P.B.V. has changed Coverdale's _ready_into _fixed_here, but r...
DISCOURSE: 596 DAVID’S LOVE TO GOD Psalms 57:7. My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I wil...
MY HEART IS FIXED— Or, _prepared,_ as in the Margin of our Bibles. He says, in the conclusion of the foregoing verse, that his enemies had fallen into the pit which they had prepared for _him;_ as Sau...
PSALMS 57 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Reminiscence of David's Early Troubles when Pursued by Saul, Subsequently Adapted to Brighter Times. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 57:1-5, Prayer for Deliverance from Out...
_MY HEART IS FIXED, O GOD, MY HEART IS FIXED: I WILL SING AND GIVE PRAISE._ -Determination to praise God. Verse 7. MY HEART IS FIXED, O GOD, MY HEART IS FIXED - literally, prepared, established. The...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
FIXED. — Better, _steadfast_ (See Psalms 51:10, Note.)...
_[Psalms 57:8]_ נָ֘כֹ֤ון לִבִּ֣י אֱ֭לֹהִים נָכֹ֣ון לִבִּ֑י...
Psalms 57:1 THIS psalm resembles the preceding in the singer's circumstances of peril and in his bold faith. It has also points of contact in the cry, "Be gracious," and in the remarkable expression f...
“IN THE SHADOW OF THY WINGS” Psalms 57:1 This is one of the choicest psalms. It dates from Adullam or Engedi. It consists of two sections, each of which ends with the same refrain, Psalms 57:5; Psal...
Yet again the theme is the same, but the triumph of trust is even more conspicuous. Compare the opening here with that of the previous song. The cry is the same, but the reason is different. There it...
My heart is (h) fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: (i) I will sing and give praise. (h) That is, wholly bent to give you praise for my deliverance. (i) He shows that both his heart will praise God, an...
Reader! do not fail to observe how the Psalm ends. It began in sorrow, and closeth in joy. Yes! whatever is founded in faith and prayer, must end in praise. This holds good to all the seed of Christ....
_MY HEART IS FIXED_ ‘My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed.’ Psalms 57:7 The earnestness with which these words are spoken shows that he who said them knew what it was to have an ‘_ unfixed_’...
7._My heart is prepared, O God! _(344) Some read _fixed, _or _confirmed, _and the Hebrew word נכון,_nacon, _bears that signification as well as the other. If we adopt it, we must understand David as s...
Psalms 57 looks more at the evil and the feet being kept, leaning on the word. This psalm, while crying to God in the same spirit and circumstances, and under the same title, is more the expression of...
MY HEART IS FIXED, O GOD,.... Firm and sure, trusting in the Lord, believing that he should be saved by him out of his troubles; see Psalms 101:1. So, in a spiritual sense, a heart fixed and establis...
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. Ver. 7. _My heart is fixed, O God_] I am both ready and resolute; I doubt not about deliverance, and am well prepared to prai...
_My heart is fixed_ Hebrew, נכון, _nachon, prepared_, or, _established;_ namely, in a full assurance of obtaining thy merciful help. It was ready to sink with fear, but now I have, through thy grace,...
My heart is fixed, O God, ready, confident, fearless, MY HEART IS FIXED, in the certainty of victory; I WILL SING AND GIVE PRAISE, both with voice and instrument....
THE TRUE CONFIDENCE OF FAITH. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, to be chanted according to the melody "Destroy not," which also referred to the critical circumstances connected with the event which...
FIXED: Or, prepared...
7-11 By lively faith, David's prayers and complaints are at once turned into praises. His heart is fixed; it is prepared for every event, being stayed upon God. If by the grace of God we are brought...
Psalms 57:7 heart H3820 steadfast H3559 (H8737) God H430 heart H3820 steadfast H3559 (H8737) sing H7891 ...
AN EXPRESSION OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING FOR GOD'S INTERVENTION ON HIS BEHALF (PSALMS 57:7). Even in the midst of his trials David was able to sing and compose Psalms, for his delight was in his God,...
Let me say, before we begin our reading, that the 108 th Psalm is made up partly of the 60 th and partly of the 57 th; yet we are sure that the Holy Spirit is not short of language, so that he needs t...
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtaim of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. This is one of the «Destroy not» Psalms; for that is the meaning of the title, Altaschith, which is used here...
Psalms 57:1. _Be merciful unto me, O God_ He begins with the same note as in the last Psalm; it is a note that cannot be too often on the believer's tongue: «Be merciful unto me, O God,» Psalms 57:1...
CONTENTS: David in faith pleads God's mercy in his calamities. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God's glory should be nearer our hearts than any interests of our own. Whatever God performs concer...
This was anciently called the _golden_ psalm, for it is the touchstone of illustration with regard to the cares of providence. While David was in the cave of Adullam, in the wilderness of Engedi, hidi...
_My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed._ THE HEART FIXED He summons his powers at once for the execution of his purpose No sooner is the resolve taken, than at once to the practice of the same....
_Be merciful unto me, O God._ SPIRITUAL EXPERIMENTALISM I. A blessed religious exercise. 1. Praying. “Be merciful unto me,” etc. An epitome of all true prayer. Mercy is what we need; to remove our...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 57:1. This is another individual lament, based on an event in David’s life (probably 1 Samuel 22:1, but possibly...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 57:6 The singer urges himself to praise God and to look forward to bringing testimony of God’s goodness to the whole world (PEOPLES and NATIONS, v....
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician.” The chief musician was the director of the music in public worship. And the Psalms which were addressed to him were intended for use in the Temp...
EXPOSITION This psalm—the "twin psalm" with the last—has also an elaborate "title," which runs thus: "To the precentor (or chief musician): destroy not; David's; Michtam; when he fled from Saul; in th...
Psa 57:1-11. To the chief musician, and that Altaschith is "destroying not." It is a prayer of David when he fled from Saul and was hiding in the cave. So Saul is looking for David; he is hiding in th...
Ephesians 5:20; Isaiah 24:15; Psalms 34:4; Psalms 108:1; Psalms 108:2
Fixed — In a stedfast belief of thy promises....