Psalms 57:11
The just one will rejoice when he sees vindication. He will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
In Context
10Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage.
12And man will say, “If the just one is fruitful, then, truly, there is a God judging them on earth.”
Cross References
Psalms 8:1Unto the end. For the oil and wine presses. A Psalm of David.
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 →