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Verse Psalms 56:4. _IN GOD I WILL PRAISE HIS WORD_] באלהים
_belohim_ may mean here, _through God_, or _by the help of God, I will
praise his_ _word_. And, that he should have cause to do it, he says,...
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IN GOD I WILL PRAISE HIS WORD - The meaning of this seems to be, “In
reference to God - or, in my trust on God - I will especially have
respect to his “word” - his gracious promise; I will make that t...
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Psalms 56
The Faithfulness of God, the Comfort of His People
_ 1. Trust and Comfort (Psalms 56:1)_
2. Praise for anticipated deliverance (Psalms 56:10)
These five Psalms which are grouped together...
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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.e._ the fulf...
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IN GOD. Figure of speech _Cycloides._ App-6. Compare Psalms 56:10.
FLESH. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for man....
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However fiercely his enemies may assault him, he will trust in God,
Who will surely be true to His promise....
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_in God I will praise his word_ In God's strength, by the help of His
grace, I shall be enabled to praise His words of promise (Psalms
130:5). Cp. Psalms 44:8. This rendering is preferable to the poss...
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IN GOD I WILL PRAISE HIS WORD— Truth, and faithfulness to his
promises, are attributes which dwell in, or belong to God. God had
promised David the kingdom of Israel, and therefore in God he would
pra...
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PSALMS 56
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Song by David in Captivity.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 56:1-3, In a few words, David Describes his Captive
Condition, and Composes a _Refrain_ of Praise, Stanza II., P...
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_IN GOD I WILL PRAISE HIS WORD, IN GOD I HAVE PUT MY TRUST; I WILL NOT
FEAR WHAT FLESH CAN DO UNTO ME._
In God I will praise his word - i:e., trusting "in God, I will praise
His word." So Psalms 56:1...
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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 dove of th...
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IN GOD I WILL PRAISE HIS WORD] By God's help I will praise Him for the
truth of His promises....
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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IN GOD. — This verse, which forms the refrain (Psalms 56:11 are
wrongly separated), is as it stands hardly intelligible, and the text
is rendered suspicious by the fact that the LXX. read “my words,”...
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_[Psalms 56:5]_ בֵּ אלֹהִים֮ אֲהַלֵּ֪ל
דְּבָ֫רֹ֥ו בֵּ...
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Psalms 56:1
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 secure his...
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“WHAT CAN MAN DO UNTO ME?”
Psalms 56:1
This psalm was composed under the same circumstances as Psalms 34:1.
See 1 Samuel 21:1. What a strange medley is here shown-David feigning
madness and composing...
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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 and...
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In God I will praise his (c) word, in God I have put my trust; I will
not fear what flesh can do unto me.
(c) He stays his conscience on God's promise though he sees no present
help....
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_Sent his mercy, &c., (Calmet) above the power of man. (Worthington)
--- Reproach. Saul was forced to entreat David to preserve his family,
as he had just spared his own life; which would, no doubt, m...
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Reader, do remark how suited this case is to every exercised soul. It
corresponds to the case of the Redeemer, and to his church upon all
occasions....
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4._In God I will praise his word _Here he grows more courageous in the
exercise of hope, as generally happens with the people of God. They
find it difficult at first to reach this exercise. It is only...
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Psalms 56 expresses the sense of the bitter and relentless enmity of
the wicked, but the tears of the godly are put in God's bottle. God is
owned as the Most High, the title of promise but not of cove...
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IN GOD I WILL PRAISE HIS WORD,.... Or praise him for his words for the
whole Scripture that was then in being; for those testimonies which
were David's counsellors in times of difficulty and distress;...
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In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not
fear what flesh can do unto me.
Ver. 4. _In God I will praise his word_] Having placed my confidence
in God, I will take his bare...
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_What time I am afraid_, &c. When I have the greatest cause of fear I
will rely on thy providence and promise for deliverance. _In God will
I praise his word_ I will praise, or boast, in the Lord's wo...
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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 distant p...
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In God I will praise His Word, since it is according to His promise
that believers are delivered from their enemies; IN GOD I HAVE PUT MY
TRUST, in His faithfulness and mercy; I WILL NOT FEAR WHAT FLE...
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1-7 Be merciful unto me, O God. This petition includes all the good
for which we come to throne of grace. If we obtain mercy there, we
need no more to make us happy. It implies likewise our best plea...
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IN GOD I WILL PRAISE HIS WORD: the sense is, either,
1. I will praise or boast in the Lord's word, or the Lord for his
word. Or, 2. _With_ or _by the Lord_ (i.e. by his favour or help) I
will praise...
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Psalms 56:4 God H430 praise H1984 (H8762) word H1697) God H430 trust
H982 (H8804) fear H3372 ...
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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 David. Michtam; when
the Philistines took him in Gath.
Th...
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Psalms 56:3
I. Notice how beautifully there comes out here the occasion of trust.
"What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee." That goes deep down
into the realities of life. It is when we are afrai...
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To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam (a golden
Psalm) of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.
Psalms 56:1. _Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up:
he figh...
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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 whil...
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CONTENTS: David pours out complaint about enemies.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: When we are surrounded on all sides with difficulties and
dangers because of enemies, we have but one retreat t...
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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 and...
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_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 bold a...
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_What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee._
FEAR AND FAITH
It is not given to many men to add new words to the vocabulary of
religious emotion. But so far as an examination of the Old Testament
av...
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_In God will I praise His word._
THE MORAL IMPULSE IMPARTED TO INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES BY THE STUDY
OF THE BIBLE
My object is not merely to demonstrate the inspiration of the Bible,
but to win y...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 56:1. Many take this to be an individual
lament, but it could also be a psalm of anticipated thanksgiving. The
description of troubles and prayer changes into gratitude that...
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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 t...
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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. Formally,...
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Psa 56:1-13. This is the prayer of David when he heard a mourning
dove. That is, a mourning: m-o-u-r-n-i-n-g dove, out in the distant
terebinth trees. He no doubt heard these doves cooing off in the
d...
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Will praise — I will praise the Lord for his word, for his promises
of protection and deliverance, made to his people. Flesh — Infirm
and mortal men, called flesh by way of contempt, as Psalms 78:39;...