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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Psalms 56:12,13

Blessed thought! all the redeemed of God have the vows of God upon them. They are, as the Israelite's house was appointed to be, with the label upon the gate, that every traveler going by might read the inscription, and say, Here dwelleth one of God's people: Deuteronomy 6:9. And as sure as Christ dwelleth in our hearts by faith, and is formed in our hearts by grace the hope of glory, so equally sure shall we live before him now in praise, and hereafter dwell with him forever in glory. Ephesians 3:17; Colossians 3:4.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 56:12. _THY VOWS_ ARE _UPON ME_] I have promised in the most solemn manner to be thy servant; to give my whole life to thee; and to offer for my preservation sacrifices of praise and than...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THY VOWS ARE UPON ME, O GOD - The word “vow” means something promised; some obligation under which we have voluntarily brought ourselves. It differs from duty, or obligation in general, since that is...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 56 The Faithfulness of God, the Comfort of His People _ 1. Trust and Comfort (Psalms 56:1)_ 2. Praise for anticipated deliverance (Psalms 56:10) These five Psalms which are grouped together...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LVI. A PRAYER AGAINST STRONG, NUMEROUS, AND CRAFTY FOES. Psalms 56:2. For enemies read they that lie in wait for me (_mg.),_ PROUDLY: read bitterly. Psalms 56:4. Will praise his word, _i.e._ the fulf...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Thy vows_&c. Vows made to Thee. The Psalmist acknowledges his obligations. Cp. Psalms 66:13; Acts 21:23. _praises_ R.V., thank offerings, in addition to the votive offerings....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Concluding vows of thanksgiving....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 595 VOWS TO BE PERFORMED Psalms 56:12. _Thy vows are upon me, O God; I will render praises unto thee._ VOWS were encouraged under the Mosaic Law [Note: Numbers 6:2; Numbers 6:5;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THY VOWS ARE UPON ME, O GOD— That is, "I am under the obligation of vows to God; and _therefore will return my acknowledgments to thee."_ See Psalms 34:1 and Chandler....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 56 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Song by David in Captivity. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 56:1-3, In a few words, David Describes his Captive Condition, and Composes a _Refrain_ of Praise, Stanza II., P...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THY VOWS ARE UPON ME, O GOD: I WILL RENDER PRAISES UNTO THEE._ Thy vows are upon me, O God. David regards his deliverance as already accomplished, and therefore considers his vows, which had been ta...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    56:12 thanks (e-11) Or 'thank-offerings,' as Leviticus 7:12 . see 2 Chronicles 29:31 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A _Psalm_ of David: Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.' For Michtam see on Psalms 16. JONATH ELEM REHOKIM ('the dove of th...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THY VOWS, etc.] The vows I have made to Thee bind me to Thy service....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THY VOWS — _i.e._, vows made _to Thee,_ but the form is most unusual. For the thought comp. Psalms 22:25; Psalms 50:14. I WILL RENDER — _i.e.,_ in fulfilment of the vows....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 56:13]_ עָלַ֣י אֱלֹהִ֣ים נְדָרֶ֑יךָ אֲשַׁלֵּ֖ם תֹּודֹ֣ת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 56:1 THE superscription dates this psalm from the time of David's being in Gath. Probably his first stay there is meant, during which he had recourse to feigned insanity in order to secure his...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “WHAT CAN MAN DO UNTO ME?” Psalms 56:1 This psalm was composed under the same circumstances as Psalms 34:1. See 1 Samuel 21:1. What a strange medley is here shown-David feigning madness and composing...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The keynote of this psalm is the concluding declaration of the previous one, "I will trust in Thee." Here again are evident the same circumstances of oppression (verses Psa 56:5-7). The song opens and...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (h) Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. (h) Having received that which I required, I am bound to pay my vows of thanksgiving as I promised....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Earth. It is just thy mercy should be extolled. (Menochius; ver. 6.)_...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    12._Thy vows are upon me, O God! _I hinted, from the outset, that it is probable this psalm was written by David after he had escaped the dangers which he describes; and this may account for the thank...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 56 expresses the sense of the bitter and relentless enmity of the wicked, but the tears of the godly are put in God's bottle. God is owned as the Most High, the title of promise but not of cove...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THY VOWS [ARE] UPON ME, O GOD,.... Which he had made to him in the time of his distress and trouble, and which he looked upon himself under obligation to perform; they were debts upon him he ought to...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. Ver. 12. _Thy vows are upon me, O God_] _Sunt tua post, quam vovi_ (Arab.). I am a votary ever since I was at Gath, there and then I vo...

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

    _Thy vows are upon me_ As I have prayed to thee, and am assured that thou wilt deliver me, so, in confidence thereof, I have made vows to express my gratitude to thee, and I acknowledge myself obliged...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF PERSECUTION. To the chief musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, the word not only denoting the melody according to which the hymn was to be sung, "The dove of silence of distant p...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thy vows are upon me, O God; he is under obligation to render thanks to the Lord; I WILL RENDER PRAISES UNTO THEE, as his duty of gratitude dictated....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-13 The heavy and continued trials through which many of the Lord's people have passed, should teach us to be silent and patient under lighter crosses. Yet we are often tempted to repine and despond...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    As I have prayed to thee, and am assured that thou wilt deliver me; so in confidence thereof I have made vows to express my gratitude to thee, and I acknowledge myself obliged and do resolve to perfor...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 56:12 Vows H5088 God H430 render H7999 (H8762) praises H8426 Thy - Psalms 66:13-14,...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AN EXPRESSION OF HIS GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR HIS DELIVERANCE (PSALMS 56:12). Having prayed through to total confidence in God David now gives thanks for the certainty of his deliverance. God has deliver...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 56:12 I. The motive. "Thou hast delivered my soul from death." II. The obligation. "Thy vows are upon me, O Lord." The Christian who would be a Christian indeed must not be ashamed of the yok...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 56:1. _Be merciful unto me, O God for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me._ «Man has no mercy upon me, but, O God, be thou merciful unto me! If thy justice doth for a whil...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam (a golden Psalm) of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Psalms 56:1. _Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up: he figh...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David pours out complaint about enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When we are surrounded on all sides with difficulties and dangers because of enemies, we have but one retreat t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The title of this psalm, which relates to the manner of singing and playing, is upon the remote and silent dove. To which _michtam_ is added, the golden ode of David. In the LXX, the title of this and...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto Thee._ THE CHRISTIAN’S VOWS AND PRAISES I. A solemn obligation acknowledged. “Thy vows are upon me, O God.” 1. Vows made in public. (1) Ent...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up._ THE DEPRECABLE AND THE DESIRABLE I. The deprecable in relation to man. 1. Craven-heartedness. A man whose heart is morally sound is bold a...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 56:1. Many take this to be an individual lament, but it could also be a psalm of anticipated thanksgiving. The description of troubles and prayer changes into gratitude that...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 56:12 The singer expresses his confidence that, if “God is for him” (v. Psalms 56:9), it is as good as done: God has DELIVERED his...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician upon Jonath-Elem-Rechokim.” The phrase “_Jonath-Elem-Rechokim_” occurs nowhere else in the Bible; and Biblical critics are by no means agreed as t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS and the following have been called "twin psalms." They begin with the same words, are nearly of the same length, and have each a refrain which divides them into two portions. Formally,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 56:1-13. This is the prayer of David when he heard a mourning dove. That is, a mourning: m-o-u-r-n-i-n-g dove, out in the distant terebinth trees. He no doubt heard these doves cooing off in the d...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 1:24; Ecclesiastes 5:4; Genesis 28:20;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thy vows — I had made vows to express my gratitude, and resolve to perform them....

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