Psalms 56:2

Acts 4:25-27; Daniel 5:18; Isaiah 57:15; Micah 6:6; Psalms 118:10-12; Psalms 3:1; Psalms 54:5; Psalms 9:2; Psalms 91:1; Psalms 92:1; Psalms 92:8; Psalms 93:4; Revelation 16:14

Related Commentaries of Psalms 56:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mine enemies - Margin, “mine observers.” The Hebrew word here used means properly to twist, to twist totogether; then, to be firm, hard, tough; t...
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

enemies . watchers, or observers. O Thou Most High. Hebrew. marom, lofty, or exalted (not Elyon) .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. O thou Most High - מרום marom. I do not think t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They be many that fight against me, &c.— The word מרום marom, rendered O thou most High, is not found any where singly applied to God. It...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. Mine enemies - literally, 'my watchers;' 't...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Against me, O thou most High] RV 'proudly against me.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Swallow me up. — The root idea of the Hebrew word so rendered is by no means clear. In many passages where it is used the meaning given here by the...
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

I cannot begin this Psalm without first taking notice of the title. It is addressed to the chief musician. I have already thrown out my views of who...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up ,.... For not one man only, but many, were his enemies; who observed and watched him, and were eagerly desi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High. Ver. 2. Mine enemies (or observers) would dai...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be merciful unto me, O God This petition includes all the good we can come unto the throne of grace for: if we obtain mercy there, we obtain all we...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Help under Oppression; Confidence in God. To the chief musician...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mine enemies, Heb. my observers , that narrowly look to all my paths, and watch for my haltings, and for an opportunity to destroy me. Many that...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Heading ( Psalms 56:1 a). ‘For the Chief Musician; set to Yonath elem rehokim (‘the silent dove of far off places (or ‘men')'). A Psalm of Da...
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 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

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up, always lying in wait like beasts of prey; for they be many that fight against me, O Thou Most High, rather,...

² Mine enemiesa would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 56:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 56:2