Psalms 57:5

THE REFRAIN

"Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let thy glory be above all the earth."

This refrain is the equivalent of the New Testament expression, "Hallowed be thy Name." "As used here it is both a weapon against the enemy and a victory within itself."[16] "The thought here is not that God might do something whereby he would become exalted, but that God already deserves to be exalted for what he has already done."[17]