Psalms 56:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. ”

Psalms 56:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When I cry unto thee - This expresses strong confidence in prayer. The psalmist felt that he had only to cry unto God, to secure the overthrow of his enemies. God had all power, and his power wou...
Psalms 56:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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....
Psalms 56:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

When. cry unto Thee . In the day of my cry. for . that. for me . mine.
Psalms 56:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. When I cry, then shall mine enemies turn back. Here he boasts of victory with even more confidence than formerly, specifying, as it were, the very moment of time when his enemies were to...
Psalms 56:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When I cry unto thee , then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back - As soon as they know that I call upon thee, then...
Psalms 56:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 56:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 56:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 56:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
Psalms 56:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 56:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 56:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When I cry [unto thee] ,.... In prayer; then shall mine enemies turn back ; great is the strength of prayer; the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous avails much against their enemies: when M...
Psalms 56:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me. Ver. 9. When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back ] For how should they stand before so m...
Psalms 56:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Comfort under Affliction; Confidence in God. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they...
Psalms 56:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When I have no other arms or force, which is my present case, my prayers shall be sufficient to overthrow mine enemies.
Psalms 56:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 56:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 56:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 56:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 56:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Psalms 56:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 56:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 56:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 17:9-11 ; Isaiah 8:10 ; Isaiah 8:9 ; Jeremiah 33:3 ; John 18:6 ; Psalms 18:38-42 ; Psalms 27:2 ; Psalms 46:11 ; Psalms 46:7 ; Psalms 118:11-13 ; Romans 8:31

Psalms 56:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 56:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 56:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 56:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 56:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 56:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 56:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 56:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 56:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 56:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 56:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 56:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 56:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 56:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 56:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 56:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 56:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 56:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 56:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 56:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 56:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 56:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 56:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge