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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 56:7

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 anger bring down, O Lord, this people: "Shew [or, thou shalt shew] thy displeasure to their crimes, by inflicting the just punishment on them." Chandler. Mudge renders the first clause, Their refuge is in vanity.

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See also Psalms 56:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 56:7. _SHALL THEY ESCAPE BY INIQUITY?_] Shall such conduct go unpunished? Shall their address, their dexterity in working iniquity, be the means of their escape? No. "In anger, O God, wil...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 rendering would be, “By iniquity (there is) escape to t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • 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 bitterly. Psalms 56:4. Will praise his word, _i.e._ the fulf...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'aven._ PEOPLE. peoples. (No Art.)...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The second division of the Psalm is similar to the first: a description of present distress, and prayer for help, followed by an expression of perfect confidence in God's protection....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Shall _they escape by iniquity?_ Or, _In spite of iniquity shall they escape?_When their conduct is so inhuman, shall they escape the judgement? Less probable is the rendering of R.V. marg. (for the t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • 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) their iniquity (there is) to them (the hope of) escape'...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    56:7 by (a-4) Or 'through.'...

  • 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 see on Psalms 16. JONATH ELEM REHOKIM ('the dove of th...

  • 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 prayer would become more intelligible if national rather t...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • 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 adopt a slight change of reading, viz., _palles_ for _p...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 56:8]_ עַל ־אָ֥וֶן פַּלֶּט ־לָ֑מֹו בְּ֝...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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...

  • 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 oppression (verses Psa 56:5-7). The song opens and...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 they are, the more impudent they grow....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Down. Hebrew, "my soul was bowed down," (Berthier) or "to bow down my soul." (St. Jerome) (Haydock) --- Saul strove many ways to destroy his rival, sending him to fight the Philistines, who, neverthe...

  • 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. Matthew 26:59, etc. Luke 20:20, etc....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._After their mischief they think to escape. _The beginning of this verse is read by some interrogatively, _Shall they escape in their iniquity? _(333) But there is no necessity for having recourse t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SHALL THEY ESCAPE BY INIQUITY?.... Shall such iniquity as this, or persons guilty of it, go unpunished, or escape righteous judgment, and the vengeance of God? No; and much less shall they escape by m...

  • 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 think it, their sin will surely find them out, as cunn...

  • 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 and despise thee? Shall they have success instead o...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Shall they escape by iniquity? literally, "By iniquity deliverance to them?" Will the ways of wickedness really bring lasting success? IN THINE ANGER CAST DOWN THE PEOPLE, O GOD, namely, all the natio...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The 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 and despise thee? Shall they have success instead of...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 56:7 escape H6405 iniquity H205 anger H639 down H3381 (H8685) peoples H5971 God H430 escape -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A DESCRIPTION OF HIS ENEMIES TACTICS AS THEY CLOSE IN ON HIM (PSALMS 56:5). These words could still refer to his enemies in Israel, but it seems more likely that they have his current situation in min...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 golden ode of David. In the LXX, the title of this and...

  • 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-heartedness. A man whose heart is morally sound is bold a...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The 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 Bible; and Biblical critics are by no means agreed as t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ecclesiastes 8:8; Habakkuk 1:13; Isaiah 28:15; Jeremiah 10:25;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

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