Psalms 57:11
\57:10\For your mercy is great, stretching up to the heavens, and your righteousness goes up to the clouds.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
In Context
10\57:9\I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make songs to you among the nations.
12\57:11\Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 8:1To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David.
Psalms 31:20\31:19\O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
Psalms 59:17\59:16\But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 57:8-11
Prayer Turned to Praise. 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. 8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. How strangely is the tune altered here! David's prayers and complaints, by the lively actings… Read the whole commentary →