Psalm 57:2

2 Ich rufe zu Gott, dem Allerhöchsten, zu Gott, der meines Jammers ein Ende macht.

Psalm 57:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 57:2

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 ) ( Philippians 1:6 ) . 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 ^F13.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Vid. Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 4. c. 23. col. 611.

Psalm 57:2 In-Context

1 Ein gülden Kleinod Davids, vorzusingen, daß er nicht umkäme, da er vor Saul floh in die Höhle. Sei mir gnädig, Gott, sei mir gnädig! denn auf dich traut meine Seele, und unter dem Schatten deiner Flügel habe ich Zuflucht, bis daß das Unglück vorübergehe.

2 Ich rufe zu Gott, dem Allerhöchsten, zu Gott, der meines Jammers ein Ende macht.

3 Er sendet vom Himmel und hilft mir von der Schmähung des, der wider mich schnaubt. (Sela.) Gott sendet seine Güte und Treue.

4 Ich liege mit meiner Seele unter den Löwen; die Menschenkinder sind Flammen, ihre Zähne sind Spieße und Pfeile und ihre Zungen scharfe Schwerter.

5 Erhebe dich, Gott, über den Himmel, und deine Ehre über alle Welt.