02.057. Psalm 57

Psalms 57:1-11 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam
of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. This psalm was penned by David, when he fled from Saul in the cave; 1 Samuel 24:1-22; and contains, (1.) David’s earnest betaking of himself to God ­ upon whom all his dependence, was fixed, towards whom all his desires were bent, and from whom only he expected relief ­ for mercy amidst his great troubles, Psalms 57:1-2. (2.) His complaints of the cruelty, malice, and calumnious deceit of his inveterate enemies, Psalms 57:3-4, Psalms 57:6. (3.) His believing triumph in God; in which he prepares himself for praising God, excites himself to it, delights himself in it, and furnisheth himself with matter for it, Psalms 57:7-10. (4.) Conscious of his own inability to praise God enough, he leaves it on God, to exalt and glorify himself, Psalms 57:5-11.

While I sing, let me cry aloud for mercy; let me lay my spiritual and temporal adversities before the Lord; and let me triumph in the God of my salvation; and employ him to glorify his name in all the earth.