Psalms 56:7

Ecclesiastes 8:8; Habakkuk 1:13; Isaiah 28:15; Jeremiah 10:25; Jeremiah 18:19-23; Jeremiah 7:10; Psalms 55:15; Psalms 55:23; Psalms 55:9; Psalms 94:2; Psalms 94:20

Related Commentaries of Psalms 56:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall they escape by iniquity? - This expression in the original is very obscure. There is in the Hebrew no mark of interrogation; and a literal...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Shall (f) they escape by iniquity? in [thine] anger cast down the people, O God. (f) They not only think to escape punishment, but the more wicked 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

iniquity. Hebrew. 'aven. people . peoples. (No Art.)
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. After their mischief they think to escape. The beginning of this verse is read by some interrogatively, Shall they escape in their iniq...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. Shall they escape by iniquity? - Shall such conduct go unpunished? Shall...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Shall they escape by iniquity?— As much as to say, by way of admiration: "Strange! that their iniquity should deliver them." He adds therefore, In...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. Shall they escape by iniquity? - literally, 'upon (the ground of)...
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

Shall they escape by iniquity? ] A slight change of reading would give, 'Requite them according to their iniquity.' People] RV 'peoples.' This pra...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall they... — Literally, upon iniquity escape to them ; the meaning of which is by no means clear. The ancient versions do not help us. If we ad...
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

Surely we must see Christ here eminently set forth. Not only at his trial, but upon many occasions, we are told they sought to catch him in his words...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Shall they escape by iniquity ?.... Shall such iniquity as this, or persons guilty of it, go unpunished, or escape righteous judgment, and the venge...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Shall they escape by iniquity? in [thine] anger cast down the people, O God. Ver. 7. Shall they escape by iniquity? ] q.d. No, let them never th...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Shall they escape by iniquity Shall they secure themselves by such injurious and malicious practices, whereby they do not only vex me, but provoke...
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

Shall they escape by iniquity? shall they secure themselves by such injurious and malicious practices, whereby they do not only vex me, but provoke...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Description Of His Enemies Tactics As They Close In On Him ( Psalms 56:5-7 ). These words could still refer to his enemies in Israel, but it see...
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

Shall they escape by iniquity? literally, "By iniquity deliverance to them?" Will the ways of wickedness really bring lasting success? In Thine ange...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Escape — Shall they secure themselves by injurious and malicious practices. The people — These who are mine enemies.

⁷ Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 56:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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