Give Sign in Get the app Get started

Bible Commentary

Psalms 56:1

Psalms 56:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Michtam: or, a golden Psalm, Psalms 16:1, Psalms 57:1, Psalms 58:1, Psalms 59:1, Psalms 60:1 *titles

when: 1 Samuel 21:11-15, 1 Samuel 29:4

Be: Psalms 31:9, Psalms 57:1-3, Psalms 59:10, Psalms 69:13-16, Psalms 136:10, Psalms 136:15, Psalms 136:17-20, Psalms 143:12

swallow: Psalms 21:9, Psalms 27:2, Psalms 35:25, Psalms 57:3, Psalms 106:17, Psalms 124:3; Proverbs 1:12; Lamentations 2:2, Lamentations 2:5, Lamentations 2:16; Hosea 8:8; 1 Corinthians 15:54

Recommended reading

More for Psalms 56:1

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Psalms 56 — OverviewPsalms 56 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt seems by this, and many other psalms, that even in times of the greatest trouble and distress David never hung his harp upon the willow-trees, never unstrung it or laid it by; but that when his dangers and…Psalms 56 — OverviewPsalms 56 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 56:1, David, praying to God in confidence of his word, complains of his enemies; Psalms 56:9, He professes his confidence in God’s word, and promises to praise him. A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) upon…Psalms 56 — OverviewPsalms 56 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleTo the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David when the Philistines took him in Gath. The words "jonathelemrechokim" are by our translators left untranslated. Aben Ezra takes them to be the beginning of…Psalms 56:1-7Psalms 56:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleDavid, in this psalm, by his faith throws himself into the hands of God, even when he had by his fear and folly thrown himself into the hands of the Philistines; it was when they took him in Gath, whither he…Psalms 56:1Psalms 56:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryBe merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; literally, man panteth after me—like a wild beast after his prey. The contrast is sharp between "man" (enosh, "weak man") and God (Elohim, "the Mighty One"). He…Psalms 56:1-13Psalms 56:1-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION 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, the chief…