Psaume 57:5

5 Mon âme est au milieu des lions; j'habite parmi des gens qui soufflent des flammes, des hommes dont les dents sont des lances et des flèches, dont la langue est une épée aiguë.

Psaume 57:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 57:5

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens
That is, show thyself to be God, that sittest in the heavens, and art higher than they, by saving me, and disappointing mine enemies; that I, and those that are with me, may magnify the Lord and exalt his name together. The Targum is,

``be thou exalted above the angels of heaven, O God;''

[let] thy glory [be] above all the earth;
that is, above all the inhabitants of the earth, as the Chaldee paraphrase: let the glory of God in my deliverance be seen by all that dwell upon the earth; for by how much the lower and more distressed his case and condition were, by so much the more would the glory of God be displayed in bringing him out of it. Nothing lies nearer the hearts of the people of God than his glory; this is more desirable than their own salvation: David breathes after the one, when he says nothing of the other, that being uppermost; though his meaning is, that the one might be brought about by the other.

Psaume 57:5 In-Context

3 Je crie au Dieu Très-Haut, à Dieu qui accomplit son œuvre pour moi.

4 Il enverra des cieux et me sauvera. Il rendra honteux celui qui me poursuit (Sélah); Dieu enverra sa bonté et sa vérité.

5 Mon âme est au milieu des lions; j'habite parmi des gens qui soufflent des flammes, des hommes dont les dents sont des lances et des flèches, dont la langue est une épée aiguë.

6 O Dieu, élève-toi sur les cieux! Que ta gloire soit sur toute la terre!

7 Ils avaient tendu un piège à mes pas; mon âme chancelait; ils avaient creusé une fosse devant moi; ils y sont tombés. (Sélah.)