Expectation and assurance of deliverance.
In many respects this psalm is very like the previous one. May be regarded under two general aspects. As expressing ―
I. THE PSALMIST'S EXPECTATION OF DELIVERANCE FROM DANGER. (Psalms 57:1-6.) Founded:
1. Upon his trust in God's tender protection. (Psalms 57:1; Deuteronomy 22:11, Deuteronomy 22:12.) This faith in the tender love of God "has no parallel in heathen literature."
2. God could not fail to perform or complete the work he had begun for him. (Psalms 57:2.) "He who hath begun a good work in you," etc. God does not abandon his own work.
3. God's retributive justice must give the victory to the righteous. (Psalms 57:3, Psalms 57:4, Psalms 57:6.) The designs of wicked men recoil in the end upon themselves, and ensure their own destruction. This is true, in the long run, of God's providence.
II. THE JOYFUL, INWARD ASSURANCE OF DELIVERANCE. (Verses 7-12.)
1. His heart is steadfast with fearless confidence in God. (Psalms 57:7.) The psalm records the gradual progress of his mind towards the highest rejoicing in the Divine deliverance.
2. He calls upon himself to celebrate the praise of God in the highest strains. (Psalms 57:8.) "His glory," equivalent to "his soul." He will wake the dawn with his earnest, fervent songs.
3. He will make his praises to sound forth among the heathen. (Psalms 57:9.) Not only among his own people.
4. He calls upon heaven to unite with earth in praising the glory of God. (Verse 12.) His triumph in God over his enemies has now reached its culminating point.—S.
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