Psalms 57:9

They shall be destroyed as melted wax: 1 The fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

In Context

8They shall utterly pass away like water running through: 1 He shall bend his bow till they shall fail. 1

10Before your thorns feel the white thorn, 1 He shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Wherefore did the heathen rage, 1 And the nations imagine vain things? 1

Psalms 96:3Fire shall go before him, 1 And burn up his enemies round about. 1

Psalms 138:4For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: 1 Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,

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 →

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