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The Book of Psalms

Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET

PSALM 57

Psa 57:1-11. Altaschith--or, "Destroy not." This is perhaps an enigmatical allusion to the critical circumstances connected with the history, for which compare 1Sa 22:1 26:1-3. In Moses' prayer ( Deu 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 JF & B for Ps 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.

      1. my soul--or self, or life, which is threatened.
      shadow of thy wings-- ( Psa 17:8 36:7 ).
      calamities--literally, "mischiefs" ( Psa 52:2 55:10 ).

      2. performeth--or, completes what He has begun.

      3. from. . . swallow me up--that pants in rage after me ( Psa 56:2 ).
      mercy and. . . truth-- ( Psa 25:10 36:5 ), as messengers ( Psa 43:3 ) sent to deliver him.

      4. The mingled figures of wild beasts ( Psa 10:9 17:12 ) and weapons of war ( Psa 11:2 ) heighten the picture of danger.
      whose. . . tongue--or slanders.

      5. This doxology illustrates his view of the connection of his deliverance with God's glory.

      6. (Compare Psa 7:15 9:15, 16 ).

      7. I will. . . praise--both with voice and instrument.

      8. Hence--he addresses his glory, or tongue ( Psa 16:9 30:12 ), and his psaltery, or lute, and harp.
      I myself. . . early--literally, "I will awaken dawn," poetically expressing his zeal and diligence.

      9, 10. As His mercy and truth, so shall His praise, fill the universe.

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