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Psalms 57:11 King James Version (KJV)

11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.


Psalms 57:11 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

11 Be thou exalted, H7311 O God, H430 above the heavens: H8064 let thy glory H3519 be above all the earth. H776


Psalms 57:11 American Standard (ASV)

11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; `Let' thy glory `be' above all the earth. Psalm 58 For the Chief Musician; `set to' Al-tashheth. `A Psalm' of David Michtam.


Psalms 57:11 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

11 Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God. Above all the earth Thine honour!


Psalms 57:11 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

11 Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!


Psalms 57:11 World English Bible (WEB)

11 Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.


Psalms 57:11 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

11 Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth.

Cross Reference

Psalms 57:5 KJV

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

Psalms 8:1 KJV

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Psalms 8:9 KJV

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Revelation 15:3-4 KJV

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

Commentary on Psalms 57 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


PSALM 57

Ps 57:1-11. Altaschith—or, "Destroy not." This is perhaps an enigmatical allusion to the critical circumstances connected with the history, for which compare 1Sa 22:1; 26:1-3. In Moses' prayer (De 9:26) it is a prominent petition deprecating God's anger against the people. This explanation suits the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth also. Asaph uses it for the seventy-fifth, in the scope of which there is allusion to some emergency. Michtam—(See on Ps 16:1, title). To an earnest cry for divine aid, the Psalmist adds, as often, the language of praise, in the assured hope of a favorable hearing.

1. my soul—or self, or life, which is threatened.

shadow of thy wings—(Ps 17:8; 36:7).

calamities—literally, "mischiefs" (Ps 52:2; 55:10).

2. performeth—or, completes what He has begun.

3. from … swallow me up—that pants in rage after me (Ps 56:2).

mercy and … truth—(Ps 25:10; 36:5), as messengers (Ps 43:3) sent to deliver him.

4. The mingled figures of wild beasts (Ps 10:9; 17:12) and weapons of war (Ps 11:2) heighten the picture of danger.

whose … tongue—or slanders.

5. This doxology illustrates his view of the connection of his deliverance with God's glory.

6. (Compare Ps 7:15; 9:15, 16).

7. I will … praise—both with voice and instrument.

8. Hence—he addresses his glory, or tongue (Ps 16:9; 30:12), and his psaltery, or lute, and harp.

I myself … early—literally, "I will awaken dawn," poetically expressing his zeal and diligence.

9, 10. As His mercy and truth, so shall His praise, fill the universe.