Psalm 56:6-13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 56:1-7

David, in this psalm, by his faith throws himself into the hands of God, even when he had by his fear and folly thrown himself into the hands of the Philistines; it was when they took him in Gath, whither he fled for fear of Saul, forgetting the quarrel they had with him for killing Goliath; but they soon put him in mid of it, 1 Sam. 21:10, 11. Upon that occasion he changed his behaviour, but with so little ruffle to his temper that then he penned both this psalm and Ps. 34:1-22. This is... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 56:8-13

Several things David here comforts himself with in the day of his distress and fear. I. That God took particular notice of all his grievances and all his griefs, Ps. 56:8. 1. Of all the inconveniences of his state: Thou tellest my wanderings, my flittings, so the old translation. David was now but a young (under thirty) and yet he had had many removes, from his father's house to the court, thence to the camp, and now driven out to sojourn where he could find a place, but not allowed to rest... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:6

They gather themselves together ,.... And meet in some one place, to contrive ways and means to do hurt, and then assemble together again to put them in execution; as did the Jews with respect to Christ, Matthew 26:3 . Aben Ezra supposes a various reading without any reason; and that, instead of יגורו which Jarchi renders "they lodge", and the Septuagint, and the versions following that, "they sojourn", it should be read יגודו , "they assemble in troops": because they were many: but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:7

Shall they escape by iniquity ?.... Shall such iniquity as this, or persons guilty of it, go unpunished, or escape righteous judgment, and the vengeance of God? No; and much less shall they escape by means of their iniquity; by their wicked subtlety, or by any evil arts and methods made use of, by making a covenant with death, and an agreement with hell; or escape because of their iniquity; or be delivered because of the abominations done by them, as they flatter themselves, Jeremiah 7:10 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:8

Thou tellest my wanderings ,.... Not his sins; though these are aberrations or wanderings from the ways of God's commandments; yet these are not told by the Lord: he takes no account of them; the number of them is not kept by him; they are blotted out, cast behind his back, and into the depths of the sea; though sometimes his people think they are told and numbered by him, Job 14:16 ; but David's moves and flights from place to place are meant, through Saul's pursuit of him, as a partridge... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:9

When I cry unto thee ,.... In prayer; then shall mine enemies turn back ; great is the strength of prayer; the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous avails much against their enemies: when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed: the cases of Asa, Jehoshaphat, and Hezekiah, prove it; this David was assured of, and knew it to be true by experience, his prayer being often the prayer of faith in this respect; this I know: for God is for me ; he knew that when he prayed his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:10

In God will I praise his word ,.... These words are repeated from Psalm 56:4 ; and for the greater certainty of the thing, and to show his fixed resolution to do it, and his strong affection for the Lord and his word, they are doubled; in the Lord will I praise his word : in the former clause the word "Elohim" is made use of, which, the Jews say, denotes the property of justice, and in the latter Jehovah, which with them is the property of mercy; and accordingly the Targum... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:11

In God have I put my trust ,.... See Gill on Psalm 56:4 ; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me ; the same with flesh in Psalm 56:4 , and is opposed to God, in whom he trusted; and it suggests that he was not, and would not, be afraid of the greatest of men, as well as of the meanest; See Gill on Psalm 56:4 ; Arama distinguishes between "flesh" and "man"; the former, he says, means the Philistines, and the latter Saul and his army. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:12

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 pay off; they were with him; they were fresh in his mind and memory; he had not forgot them, which is often the case when trouble is over; and he found his heart inclined to make them good; I will render praises unto thee ; which explains what he meant by his vows; namely, sacrifices of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:13

For thou hast delivered my soul from death ,.... From imminent danger of death, when in the hands of the Philistines; not that the soul can die; that is immortal; but he means his person, on which account he determines to render praise to God: moreover, this may include the deliverance of his soul from a moral or spiritual death, in which he was by nature, being conceived in sin, and shapen in iniquity; from which he was delivered by regenerating grace, when he was quickened, who before was... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 56:1-7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 56:8-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 56:13

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