Psalms 57:6

"They have prepared a net for my steps;

My soul is bowed down:

They have digged a pit before me;

They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. (Selah)

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed.

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp:

I myself will awake quite early.

I will give thanks unto the Lord, among the peoples:

I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens,

And thy truth unto the skies."

"They ... prepared ... a net ... and digged a pit. They are fallen into the midst thereof" (Psalms 57:6). The sight so commonly witnessed in history was granted to the psalmist. The wickedness of the enemies fell back upon themselves; they fell into the pit of their own making, a common Biblical thought.[18]

It may be remembered that Haman was hanged on the very gallows that he had constructed for the purpose of hanging Mordecai (Esther 7:9).

"Awake ... awake ... I will awake right early." (Psalms 57:8). The meaning here is that, "I will awaken the Dawn (personified) instead of letting the Dawn wake me."[19]

"Among the peoples ... among the nations" (Psalms 57:9). What a wonderful vision was that of David! Here he was hiding from enemies in a cave; but his mind encompasses the entire world; and he promises to sing the praises of God among the `nations,' that is, `the Gentiles,' or `the peoples' of the whole world. And indeed, is it not true? Has it not come to pass? These Psalms of David are surely sung all over the inhabited earth; and this has been true for centuries and millenniums of time! (See our comment on Psalms 56:7).

"Great unto the heavens ... unto the skies" (Psalms 57:10). That the lovingkindness and truth of God should extend to the heavens, or the skies, "Is only an earthly conception of their infinity."[20]