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Psalms 57:2
2I cry out to God Most High, to God, who vindicates me.
Psalms 57:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will cry out to God Most High, To God who performs all things for me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me.
Context of Psalms 57:2
1Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me, for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. I cry out to God Most High, to God, who vindicates me. 3He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me— God sends forth his love and his faithfulness. 4I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
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אֶ֭קְרָא לֵֽאלֹהִ֣ים עֶלְי֑וֹן לָ֝אֵ֗ל גֹּמֵ֥ר עָלָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 57:2
- Psalms 56:2My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.
- Psalms 136:2Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever.
- Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Psalms 138:8The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.
- Isaiah 26:12Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
- Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 2:12Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,
- Hebrews 13:21equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Commentaries on Psalms 57:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I will cry unto God most high - He is the Most High; and therefore far above all my enemies, though the prince of the power of the air be at their head. Unto God, לאל lael, unto the strong Good, one against whom no human or diabolic might can prevail. David felt his own weakness, and he knew the strength of his adversaries; and therefore he views God under those attributes and characters which were suited to his state. This is a great secret in the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2I will cry unto God most high - The idea is - God is exalted above all creatures; all events are “under” him, and he can control them. The appeal was not to man, however exalted; not to an angel, however far he may be above man; it was an appeal made at once to the Supreme Being, the God to whom all worlds and all creatures are subject, and under whose protection, therefore, he must be safe. Unto God that performeth all things for me - The word used here…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2God Most High (Hebrew Elohim-Elyon) is a common title for God. He is more powerful than all real or imagined supernatural beings (see Psalms 91:1; 97:9; Genesis 14:18–22). who fulfills His purpose for me: Or who will end my [trouble], or who deals kindly with me.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. performeth--or, completes what He has begun.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 57
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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