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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 56 - Introduction

* David seeks mercy from God, amidst the malice of his enemies. (1-7) He rests his faith on God's promises, and declares his obligation to praise him for mercies. (8-13)

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See also Psalms 56 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This purports to be a psalm of David, and there is no sufficient reason for doubting the correctness of its being thus attributed to him. DeWette indeed thinks that the contents of the psalm do not we...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII. Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here and there, however, the name Y...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Trust in God in the presence of danger is the keynote of this and the following Psalm, which are intimately connected together. The danger is imminent; fear is inevitable; but faith is victorious over...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LVI. If the title referring to an imprisonment of David at Gath is to be defended, it must be from 1 Samuel 21:10, on the supposition that the feigned madness did not succeed in its object, although t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 56 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON JONATHELEMRECHOKIM, MICHTAM OF DAVID WHEN THE PHILISTINES TOOK HIM IN GATH. The words "jonathelemrechokim" are by our translators left untranslated...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2946. B.C. 1058._ This Psalm is well suited to the occasion on which, the inscription says, it was written, and which is related, 1 Samuel 21. David begins it by imploring the divine protection...

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