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Salmos 57:2
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Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- BridgewayParallel Translations
Clamar� al Dios Alt�simo, Al Dios que me favorece.
Clamar� al Dios Alt�simo, al Dios que me favorece.
Clamar� al Dios Alt�simo, al Dios que me galardona.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
God most: Psalms 56:2, Psalms 136:2, Psalms 136:3, Isaiah 57:15
that: Psalms 138:8, Isaiah 26:12, Philippians 1:6, Philippians 2:12, Hebrews 13:21
Reciprocal: Genesis 14:18 - the most Acts 16:17 - the most Hebrews 7:1 - the most
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I will cry unto God most high,.... To remember him in his low estate, and who is higher than the highest, than Saul and his mighty men with him. This epithet David no doubt made use of, to encourage his faith in the Lord, who is above all, and can do all things; as follows;
unto God that performeth [all things] for me; in a providential way, having made him, upheld him in being, fed and clothed him, preserved him, and followed him with his goodness all his days; and in a way of grace he performed all his purposes concerning him, all his promises unto him, and was performing and would perfect the work of grace in him; see Psalms 138:8. The Targum adds a fable by way of paraphrase on the text,
"who commanded, or prepared a spider, to perfect in the mouth of the cave a web for me;''
so it is in the king's Bible; as if, when he was in the cave, God so ordered it in his providence, that a spider should spin a web over the month of it, which prevented his persecutors from searching for him in it; but the Scripture is silent in this matter. Such a story is reported of Felix, bishop of Nola, in ecclesiastical history m.
m Vid. Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 4. c. 23. col. 611.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I 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, and rendered “performeth” - גמר gâmar - means properly to bring to an end; to complete; to perfect. The idea here is, that it is the character of God, that he “completes” or “perfects,” or brings to a happy issue all his plans. The psalmist had had experience of that in the past. God had done this in former trials; he felt assured that God would do it in this; and he, therefore, came to God with a confident belief that all would be safe in his hands.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 57:2. I 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 God, 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 Christian life; few pray to God wisely; though they may do it fervently.
That performeth all things for me. — Who works for me; גמר gomer, he who completes for me, and will bring all to a happy issue.
