Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 57:9
LORD *. One of the 134 places where the Sopherim altered Jehovah, of the primitive text, to Adonai. See App-32.
people. peoples.
sing. sing praise.
LORD *. One of the 134 places where the Sopherim altered Jehovah, of the primitive text, to Adonai. See App-32.
people. peoples.
sing. sing praise.
Verse Psalms 57:9. _AMONG THE PEOPLE_] The _Israelites_. _AMONG THE NATIONS._] The _Gentiles_ at large. A prophecy either relating to the Gospel times, Christ being considered as the Speaker: or a p...
I WILL PRAISE THEE, O LORD, AMONG THE PEOPLE - So great a deliverance as he here hoped for, would make it proper that he should celebrate the praise of God in the most public manner; that he should ma...
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...
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....
I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples: I will make melody unto thee among the nations. This verse at any rate, it is said, could never have been written by David, and is only reall...
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...
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...
57:9 nations. (n-19) _ Leummim_ . see Psalms 2:1 ; and so Psalms 67:4 ; Psalms 108:3 ....
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...
_[Psalms 57:10]_ אֹודְךָ֖ בָ † עַמִּ֥ים ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י...
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...
_Wax. Hebrew shabbelul, occurs no where else, and this signification is surely preferable to that of the Rabbins, "a snail." (Protestants) (Haydock) --- Fire. Hebrew, "like the untimely birth of a wom...
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....
9._I will praise thee, O Lord! among the peoples. _As the _nations _and _peoples _are here said to be auditors of the praise which he offered, we must infer that David, in the sufferings spoken of thr...
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...
I WILL PRAISE THEE, O LORD, AMONG THE PEOPLE,.... Either among the people of Israel, as Aben Ezra, when each of the tribes meet together; and so it denotes the public manner in which he would praise G...
_I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations._ Ver. 9. I will praise thee, O Lord … among the nations] This was done by Christ calling the Gentiles, Psa 18:4...
_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,...
I will praise Thee, O Lord, among the people, not only in his own private devotions, but out in public, where all men could hear his message of deliverance. I WILL SING UNTO THEE AMONG THE NATIONS, go...
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...
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...
AMONG THE PEOPLE; in the great congregations; amongst the Israelites of all tribes, who are called by this name, DEUTERONOMY 33:19, and amongst the heathens, as I shall have occasion, as he often had....
Psalms 57:9 praise H3034 (H8686) Lord H136 peoples H5971 sing H2167 (H8762) nations H3816...
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...
_I will praise Thee, O Lord, among the people._ EXEMPLARY PRAISE I. Its theme. Mercy and truth. 1. The blessings which flow from them reach to all men. 2. They are worthy of the unreserved confide...
_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...
Psalms 138:1; Psalms 138:4; Psalms 138:5; Psalms 145:10; Psalms 1
The people — Among the Israelites, and among the Heathens, as I shall have occasion....