Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadBullinger Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 57:1 - 57:1
(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)
This Chapter Verse Commentaries:
Title. Michtam = Resurgam. One of the six Psalms so called. See App-65.
when, &c. Compare 1Sa_22:1.
the cave. Probably at En-gedi (1Sa_24:7, 1Sa_24:8), where David probably used the words "Al-taschith". See the sub-scription.
Be merciful = Be gracious, or favourable. Compare Psa_56:1.
God. Hebrew. Elohim.
be merciful. Figure of speech Epizeuxis, for emphasis.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
trusteth in = hath fled for refuge to. Hebrew. hasah. App-69. Same word as "make my refuge" in next line.
Thy wings. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
Until, &c.: or, Until one shall have overpast these calamities.