Psalm 57:6-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 57:1-6

The title of this psalm has one word new in it, Al-taschith?Destroy not. Some make it to be only some known tune to which this psalm was set; others apply it to the occasion and matter of the psalm. Destroy not; that is, David would not let Saul be destroyed, when now in the cave there was a fair opportunity of killing him, and his servants would fain have done so. No, says David, destroy him not, 1 Sam. 24:4, 6. Or, rather, God would not let David be destroyed by Saul; he suffered him to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 57:7-11

How strangely is the tune altered here! David's prayers and complaints, by the lively actings of faith, are here, all of a sudden, turned into praises and thanksgivings; his sackcloth is loosed, he is girded with gladness, and his hallelujahs are as fervent as his hosannas. This should make us in love with prayer, that, sooner or later, it will be swallowed up in praise. Observe, I. How he prepares himself for the duty of praise (Ps. 57:7): My heart is fixed, O God! my heart is fixed. My heart... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps ,.... They laid snares for him, as the fowler does for the bird, in order to take him. It denotes the insidious ways used by Saul and his men to get David into their hands; so the Pharisees consulted together how they might entangle Christ in his talk, Matthew 22:15 ; my soul is bowed down ; dejected by reason of his numerous enemies, and the crafty methods they took to ensnare and ruin him; so the soul of Christ was bowed down with the sins of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 57:7

My heart is fixed, O God ,.... Firm and sure, trusting in the Lord, believing that he should be saved by him out of his troubles; see Psalm 101:1 . So, in a spiritual sense, a heart fixed and established, or that is firm and sure, is one that is assured of its salvation by Christ, rooted and grounded in the love of God, firmly built on the foundation, Christ, and has its affections set on him; and is unmoved, from the hope of the Gospel, and the doctrines of it, by whatsoever it meets with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 57:8

Awake up, my glory ,.... Meaning his soul, whom Jacob calls his honour, Genesis 49:6 ; it being the most honourable, glorious, and excellent part of man; is the breath of God, of his immediate production; is a spirit incorporeal and immortal; is possessed of glorious powers and faculties; had the image of God stamped upon it, which made man the glory of God, 1 Corinthians 11:7 ; and has the image of Christ on it in regenerated persons; and is that with which God and Christ are glorified;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 57:9

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 God for his salvation: or among the Gentiles, as the following clause shows; I will sing unto thee among the nations : the Apostle Paul seems to have reference to this passage in Romans 15:9 ; which he produces as a proof of the Gentiles glorifying God for his mercy in sending the Gospel... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 57:10

For thy mercy is great unto the heavens ,.... Which denotes the exceeding greatness and largeness of it; as it is in the heart of God, who is plenteous in mercy; as it is expressed in the covenant of grace, where are stores of it; as it is shown forth in the choice of persons to eternal life; in the mission of Christ into this world to die for them; in the regeneration of them, the pardon of their sins, and eternal life: and this mercy is not only extended to persons in the several parts... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 57:11

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens ,.... As Christ now is at the Father's right hand, and who is God over all, blessed for ever; let thy glory be above all the earth ; as it is above all the men on earth and angels in heaven. This is repeated from Psalm 57:5 ; See Gill on Psalm 57:5 , and shows the vehemency of his desire after these things, and how much his heart was set upon them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps - A gin or springe, such as huntsmen put in the places which they know the prey they seek frequents: such, also, as they place in passages in hedges, etc., through which the game creeps. They have digged a pit - Another method of catching game and wild beasts. They dig a pit, cover it over with weak sticks and turf. The beasts, not suspecting danger where none appears, in attempting to walk over it, fall tbrough, and are taken. Saul digged a pit,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 57:7

My heart is fixed - My heart is prepared to do and suffer thy will. It is fixed - it has made the firmest purpose through his strength by which I can do all things. read more

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