Psalms 57:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

<To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ אַל־תַּ֭שְׁחֵת לְדָוִ֣ד מִכְתָּ֑ם בְּבָרְח֥וֹ מִפְּנֵי־שָׁ֝א֗וּל בַּמְּעָרֽ͏ָה

Transliteration

To the mənaṣṣēaḥ upon ʾal-tašḥēt, to dāwid miktām, in his bārḥō from pənê-šāʾûl in the məʿārâ

Grammar Details

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: noun with preposition lamed, masculine singular - to the choirmaster/director/chief musician
• *ʾal-tašḥēt*: negative particle + verb, Hiphil imperfect 2ms - 'do not destroy'
• *dāwid*: proper noun with preposition lamed - to/for/of David
• *miktām*: noun, masculine singular - possibly a musical or literary term; unclear meaning
• *bārḥō*: infinitive construct with preposition bet and 3ms suffix - in his fleeing
• *pənê-šāʾûl*: construct noun + proper noun with preposition min - from the face/presence of Saul
• *məʿārâ*: noun with preposition bet, feminine singular - in the cave

Word Meanings

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: chief musician/choirmaster/director of music
• *ʾal-tašḥēt*: Do not destroy (possibly name of melody or tune)
• *miktām*: golden psalm/inscription/poem (meaning uncertain, possibly a musical or literary designation)
• *pənê*: face/presence/before

Referenced Verses

• Ps 91:4 : 4 You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.
• Isa 26:20 : 20 Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.
• Ps 63:7 : 7 Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.
• Ps 9:10 : 10 And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.
• Ruth 2:12 : 12 The Lord give you a reward for what you have done, and may a full reward be given to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take cover.
• Ps 17:7-8 : 7 Make clear the wonder of your mercy, O saviour of those who put their faith in your right hand, from those who come out against them. 8 Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the shade of your wings,
• Ps 36:7 : 7 How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.
• Ps 56:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath.> Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.
• Ps 13:5 : 5 But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.
• Ps 59:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death.> Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.
• Ps 61:4 : 4 I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)
• Ps 91:9 : 9 Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place;
• Ps 119:76-77 : 76 Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant. 77 Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.
• Ps 125:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.
• Ps 69:13-16 : 13 But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain. 14 Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters. 15 Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld. 16 Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.
• Ps 91:1 : 1 Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
• Jas 5:10-11 : 10 Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord. 11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
• Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Rev 21:4 : 4 And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.
• Matt 24:22 : 22 And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.
• Ps 142:1 : 1 <Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock.> The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.
• Ps 58:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.> Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?
• 1 Sam 22:1 : 1 So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.
• 1 Sam 24:3 : 3 Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.
• 1 Sam 24:8 : 8 So with these words David kept his servants back, and did not let them make an attack on Saul. And Saul got up and went on his way.
• Isa 10:25 : 25 For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction.
• Luke 13:34 : 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!
• John 16:20 : 20 Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.