“ In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. ”
In God have I put my trust - The sentiment in this verse is the same as in Psalms 56:6 , except that the word “man” is used here instead of “flesh.” The meaning, however, is the same. The idea i...
LVI. A Prayer against Strong, Numerous, and Crafty Foes. Psalms 56:2 . For enemies read they that lie in wait for me ( mg.), proudly: read bitterly. Psalms 56:4 . Will praise his word, i....
put my trust . confided. Compare Psalms 56:3 . man . a man. (No Art.) Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. -The turning point of the psalm. The Psalmist is now assured of being heard. Verse 9. When I cry unt...
Title.—( RV ) 'For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.' For Michtam see on Psalms 16 . Jonath elem rehokim ('the dov...
Psalms 56:1-13 THE superscription dates this psalm from the time of David's being in Gath. Probably his first stay there is meant, during which he had recourse to feigned insanity in order to secu...
“What Can Man Do unto Me?” Psalms 56:1-13 This psalm was composed under the same circumstances as Psalms 34:1-22 . See 1 Samuel 21:1-15 . What a strange medley is here shown-David feigning ma...
The keynote of this psalm is the concluding declaration of the previous one, "I will trust in Thee." Here again are evident the same circumstances of oppression (verses Psa 56:5-7). The song opens an...
What a sweet thought is here suggested of God's remembrance of his people's affliction! It is an interesting figure of speech, of bottling their tears: but the sense is, they are remembered. And woe...
In God have I put my trust ,.... Psalms 56:4 ; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me ; the same with flesh in Psalms 56:4 , and is opposed to God, in whom he trusted; and it suggests tha...
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Ver. 11. In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid, &c.] When news came to Luther, that both the emperor and pop...
Comfort under Affliction; Confidence in God. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they...
No text from Poole on this verse.
An Expression Of His Trust In God In The Face Of His Enemies ( Psalms 56:8-11 ). His confidence lies in the fact that he knows that he is the chosen of YHWH, that God is keeping count of his wande...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician upon Jonath-Elem-Rechokim.” The phrase “ Jonath-Elem-Rechokim ” occurs nowhere else in the Bible; and Biblical critics are by no means agreed as...
Psalms 56:1 . Be merciful unto me, O God for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. «Man has no mercy upon me, but, O God, be thou merciful unto me! If thy justice doth for a w...
The title of this psalm, which relates to the manner of singing and playing, is upon the remote and silent dove. To which michtam is added, the golden ode of David. In the LXX, the title of this an...
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up. The deprecable and the desirable I. The deprecable in relation to man. 1. Craven-heartedness. A man whose heart is morally sound is b...
EXPOSITION THIS and the following have been called "twin psalms." They begin with the same words, are nearly of the same length, and have each a refrain which divides them into two portions. F...
Comfort in the Midst of Persecution. To the chief musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, the word not only denoting the melody according to which the hymn was to be sung, "The dove of silence of dista...
Isaiah 51:12 ; Isaiah 51:13 ; Isaiah 51:7 ; Isaiah 51:8 ; Psalms 112:7 ; Psalms 112:8 ; Psalms 27:1