Verse 1
Title. Michtam: i.e. Resurgam. See Psalms 56:13. One of six Psalms so called. The first is Psalm 16. App-65.and sub-scription, v. m.
when, &c. See 1 Samuel 21:10; 1 Samuel 27:4; 1 Samuel 29:2-11.
Be merciful = Be gracious, or favourable.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
man. Hebrew. "enosh. App-14.
would swallow me up = thirst for my blood. Heb, sha"aph, used of wild beasts.
daily = all the day. See Psalms 56:5.
Verse 2
enemies = watchers, or observers.
O Thou Most High. Hebrew. marom, lofty, or exalted (not Elyon).
Verse 3
trust = confide. Hebrew. batah. App-69.
Verse 4
In God. Figure of speech Cycloides. App-6. Compare Psalms 56:10.
flesh. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for man.
Verse 5
Every day = all the day. See Psalms 56:5.
evil. App-44.
Verse 6
my soul = me. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Verse 7
iniquity. Hebrew. "aven.
people = peoples. (No Art.)
Verse 8
tellest = recordest.
wanderings . . . bottle. Figure of speech Paronomasia. App-6. Hebrew. nodi. . . ben"odeka.
Thy bottle. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. Tears of mourners were thus collected and buried with the dead. Hence often found in ancient tombs.
Thy book. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
Verse 9
When I cry unto Thee = In the day of my cry.
for = that.
for me = mine.
Verse 10
In God, &c. Figure of speech Cycloides. App-6. See Psalms 56:4.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
Verse 11
put my trust = confided. Compare Psalms 56:3.
man = a man. (No Art.) Hebrew. "adam. App-14.
Verse 13
delivered = plucked.
"Wilt not thou . . . ? Figure of Speech. Erotesis. App-6.
In the light of the living = in resurrection life. Hence the title "Michtam". Compare Psalm 16, and other Michtam Psalms. See also: Job 33:30; and Psalms 116:8, Psalms 116:9; where it is "land of the living".
To the chief Musician. See App-64.
Al-taschith = Destroy not. See App-65. The words of David in 1 Samuel 26:9. 2 Samuel 24:16, 2 Samuel 24:17. Same word as in 2 Samuel 1:14. Isaiah 65:8. Compare 1 Chronicles 21:12, 1 Chronicles 21:15.