Psalms 57:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah. ”

Psalms 57:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They have prepared a net for my steps - A net for my goings; or, into which I may fall. See the notes at Psalms 9:15 . My soul is bowed down - The Septuagint, the Vulgate, and Luther render...
Psalms 57:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They have prepared a net for my steps; (g) my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah. (g) For fear, seeing the great dangers...
Psalms 57:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LVII. Here two Pss. are united: A containing Psalms 57:1-6 , B, Psalms 57:7-11 . Psalms 57:1-6 . The Ps. is closely allied to the preceding, also a michtam Ps. (p. 373). The author flees to...
Psalms 57:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

They have digged, &c. Compare Psalms 7:15 . Selah. Connecting the bitterness of his enemies with his assured confidence in God. (App-66.)
Psalms 57:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves . Selah. They have prepared a net for my steps - A g...
Psalms 57:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They have prepared a net for my steps— The syntax here is thought to be irregular; but the literal rendering is, They have prepared a net for their steps: he boweth down my soul; referring to Sau...
Psalms 57:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah. They have prepared a net for my steps...
Psalms 57:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A net. — For this image, so common in Hebrew hymns, see Psalms 9:15 , &c, and for that of the pit, Psalms 7:15 , &c My soul is bowed down. — The verb so rendered is everywhere else t...
Psalms 57:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 57:1-11 THIS psalm resembles the preceding in the singer's circumstances of peril and in his bold faith. It has also points of contact in the cry, "Be gracious," and in the remarkable expre...
Psalms 57:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“In the Shadow of Thy Wings” Psalms 57:1-11 This is one of the choicest psalms. It dates from Adullam or Engedi. It consists of two sections, each of which ends with the same refrain, Psalms 5...
Psalms 57:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Yet again the theme is the same, but the triumph of trust is even more conspicuous. Compare the opening here with that of the previous song. The cry is the same, but the reason is different. There it...
Psalms 57:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How is this verified in all the church's history! Not only in this instance of Saul and David, but also in those of Haman and Mordecai, Pharaoh and Israel, and above all, Judas and the Jews and Chris...
Psalms 57:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They have prepared a net for my steps ,.... They laid snares for him, as the fowler does for the bird, in order to take him. It denotes the insidious ways used by Saul and his men to get David into...
Psalms 57:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah. Ver. 6. They have prepared a net for my...
Psalms 57:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They have prepared a net for my steps In which to take me, that I might not again escape out of their hands. My soul is bowed down Hebrew, כפ Š נפשׁי, he hath bowed down my soul; referring to S...
Psalms 57:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer in Affliction. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. 1...
Psalms 57:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Is bowed down; or, was bowed down : I was even ready to fall and perish. Or, mine heart was oppressed, and almost overwhelmed. Before me, Heb. before my face ; not in my sight, for that would h...
Psalms 57:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Description Of His Enemies And Their Fate ( Psalms 57:4-6 ). David describes the kind of people whom he is up against, and their desire to trap him, but is confident that, although he feels bese...
Psalms 57:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician.” The chief musician was the director of the music in public worship. And the Psalms which were addressed to him were intended for use in the Te...
Psalms 57:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. The heading of this P...
Psalms 57:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This was anciently called the golden psalm, for it is the touchstone of illustration with regard to the cares of providence. While David was in the cave of Adullam, in the wilderness of Engedi, hid...
Psalms 57:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Be merciful unto me, O God. Spiritual experimentalism I. A blessed religious exercise. 1. Praying. “Be merciful unto me,” etc. An epitome of all true prayer. Mercy is what we need; to remove...
Psalms 57:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This psalm—the "twin psalm" with the last—has also an elaborate "title," which runs thus: "To the precentor (or chief musician): destroy not; David's; Michtam; when he fled from Saul;...
Psalms 57:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The True Confidence of Faith. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, to be chanted according to the melody "Destroy not," which also referred to the critical circumstances connected with the event wh...
Psalms 57:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 23:22-26 ; Micah 7:2 ; Matthew 26:37 ; Matthew 26:38 ; Proverbs 29:5 ; Psalms 140:5 ; Psalms 142:3 ; Psalms 143:4 ; Psalms 35:7 ; Psalms 35:8 ; Psalms 42:6 ; Psalms 7:15 ; Psalm...

Psalms 57:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 57:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 57:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 57:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 57:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 57:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 57:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 57:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 57:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 57:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 57:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 57:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 57:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 57:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 57:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 57:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 57:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 57:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 57:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 57:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 57:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 57:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 57:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 57:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 57:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge