Psalms 56:1
For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 21:11And he gave it him; and David arose, and fled in that day from the presence of Saul: and David came to Achish king of Gath.
Psalms 16:1A Prayer of David. 1 Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, 1 Attend to my petition; 1 Give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips. 1
Psalms 27:2Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, 1 When I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple. 1
Psalms 58:1For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him. 1
Psalms 59:10Judah is my king; 1 Moab is the caldron of my hope; 1 Over Edom will I stretch out my shoe; 1 The Philistines have been subjected to me. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 56:1
It 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 fears were greatest he was still in tune for singing God's praises. He was in imminent peril when he penned this psalm, at least when he meditated it; yet even then his meditation of God was sweet. I. He complains of the malice of his enemies, and begs mercy for himself and justice against them, ver. 1, 2 ,… Read the whole commentary →