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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Psalms 57:1 - 57:1
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Psa 57:1-11. Altaschith - or, “Destroy not.” This is perhaps an enigmatical allusion to the critical circumstances connected with the history, for which compare 1Sa 22:1; 1Sa 26:1-3. In Moses’ prayer (Deu 9:26) it is a prominent petition deprecating God’s anger against the people. This explanation suits the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth also. Asaph uses it for the seventy-fifth, in the scope of which there is allusion to some emergency. Michtam - (See on Psa 16:1, title). To an earnest cry for divine aid, the Psalmist adds, as often, the language of praise, in the assured hope of a favorable hearing.
my soul - or self, or life, which is threatened.
shadow of thy wings - (Psa 17:8; Psa 36:7).
calamities - literally, “mischiefs” (Psa 52:2; Psa 55:10).