Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 57:2
2. performeth—or, completes what He has begun. read more
Psalm 57:2
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 57:1-5
1. The psalmist’s need for God’s help 57:1-5 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 57:1-11
Psalms 57David’s hiding from Saul in a cave is the background of this individual lament psalm (1 Samuel 22; 1 Samuel 24; cf. Psalms 142). The tune name means "Do not destroy." This psalm resembles the preceding one in its general theme and design. It, too, has a recurring refrain (Psalms 57:5; Psalms 57:11). It is, however, more "upbeat." read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 57:2-3
He said he would cry and God Most High would send help. "Most High" pictures God as exalted in His rule over all that He has created. In these verses, David pictured himself as an insignificant creature that a larger predator was about to step on. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 57:1-11
Title.—(RV) ’For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when he fled from Saul, in the cave.’ This and the two following Pss. were set to the melody of the song beginning Al-tashheth (’Destroy not’), which was apparently a vintage song (Isaiah 65:8). The occasion referred to in the title is either David’s stay in the cave of Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1), or the incident in the cave of Engedi (1 Samuel 24:3), but the Ps., has no relation either to the one or to the other.... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 57:2
(2) Peformeth all things for me.—Literally, completes for me, which may be explained from the analogy of Psalms 138:8. But as the LXX. and Vulg. have “my benefactor” (reading gomçl for gomçr) we may adopt that emendation. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 57:1-11
Psalms 57:1-11THIS 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 for enemies, "Those that would swallow me up." It has also several features in common with the other psalms ascribed by the superscriptions to the time of the Sauline persecution. Like Psalms 7:1-17 are the metaphor of lions for enemies, that of digging a pit for their plots, the use of glory as a... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 57:1-11
Psalms 57:0 Perfect Trust in God 1. Sheltered until the trouble is past (Psalms 57:1-5 ) 2. Deliverance and praise (Psalms 57:6-11 ) The inscription is Al-taschith, which means “destroy not”; it is the Michtam of David when he fled from Saul. It shows us once more the exercise of faith in the godly of Israel. In the shadow of His wings they take refuge till these calamities are overpast. They look for intervention from above, from where it will surely come at the close of the days of... read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 57:2
57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that {c} performeth [all things] for me.(c) Who does not leave his works begun imperfectly. read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 57:2
Psalms 57:2. Unto God, that performeth all things for me— To the Divinity that completely covereth me all over: literally, that perfecteth all over, or around me: "That completely shelters me all around, namely, under his wing:" Mudge: and compare Psalms 138:8. Dr. Chandler observes, that the word גמר gomeir rendered performeth, signifies to perfect and consummate, or to do every thing necessary for a person in his particular station and character. Thus in the Syriac version of the New... read more