Psalms 56:9

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 mighty a God? Of the power of prayer for the beating back of enemies, besides the Scripture, histories are full; that famous Victoria Halleluiatica for instance.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 bit...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

When. cry unto Thee . In the day of my cry. for . that. for me . mine.
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,...
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...
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...
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 s...
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...
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 . Wha...
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...
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 tear...
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 r...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Comfort under Affliction; Confidence in God. 8 Thou tellest my wander...
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.
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 chos...
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 Bib...
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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam (a golden Psalm) of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Psalms 56:1-2 . Be mercif...
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 gol...
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-he...
The Biblical Illustrator

When I cry unto Thee, then shall mine enemies turn back. Prayer vanquishing enemies I. This prayer implies the existence of conflict. David was...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

When I cry unto Thee, then shall mine enemies turn back, the help of God coming with great readiness, at once; this I know, for God is for me, that...
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...

⁹ When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 56:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 56:9