Psalms 57:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He wyll sende from heauen, and saue me from the reproofe of him that woulde deuour me vp, Selah: the Lorde wyll sende foorth his mercie and trueth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶ֭קְרָא לֵֽאלֹהִ֣ים עֶלְי֑וֹן לָ֝אֵ֗ל גֹּמֵ֥ר עָלָֽי

Transliteration

ʾeqrāʾ to-ʾělōhîm ʿelyôn to-ʾēl gōmēr ʿālāy

Grammar Details

• *ʾeqrāʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect 1cs - I will call
• *ʾělōhîm*: noun, masculine plural with preposition lamed - to God
• *ʿelyôn*: adjective, masculine singular - Most High
• *ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular with preposition lamed - to God
• *gōmēr*: verb, Qal participle masculine singular - completing/fulfilling/performing
• *ʿālāy*: preposition with 1cs suffix - upon me/concerning me

Word Meanings

• *qārāʾ*: call/cry out/summon
• *ʿelyôn*: Most High/highest
• *ʾēl*: God/deity
• *gāmar*: complete/fulfill/perform/accomplish
• *ʿālāy*: for me/on my behalf/concerning me

Referenced Verses

• Ps 40:11 : 11 Withdrawe not thou thy mercie from me O God: let thy louyng kyndnesse and thy trueth alway preserue me.
• Ps 43:3 : 3 Sende foorth thy light and thy trueth: that they may leade me and direct me vnto thy holy hyll, & to thy tabernacles.
• Ps 56:1-2 : 1 To the chiefe musition as concerning the dumbe doue in a farre countrey, the golden psalme of Dauid, when the Philistines toke him in Geth. Be mercifull vnto me O Lorde: for man goeth about to deuour me, he dayly fyghtyng, oppresseth me. 2 Myne enemies are dayly in hande to swalowe me vp: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most highest.
• Ps 61:7 : 7 He shall dwell before the Lorde for euer: O appoynt thy louing mercy and faithfulnes, that thei may preserue him.
• Ps 144:5-7 : 5 Bowe thy heauens O God and come downe: touche the mountaynes and they shall smoke. 6 Cast out terrible lightninges and feare them: shoote out thyne arrowes and consume them. 7 Sende downe thine hand from aboue: deliuer me and take me out of the great waters, from the hande of the children of an other deuotion then I am.
• Mic 3:2-3 : 2 But they hate the good, and loue the euill, they plucke of their skinnes from them, and their fleshe from their bones. 3 And they eate also the fleshe of my people, & flay of their skinne from them: and they breake their bones, and chop them in peeces as for the pot, and as fleshe within the cauldron.
• Matt 28:2-6 : 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the Angell of the Lorde descended from heauen, and came & roulled backe the stone from the doore, and sate vpon it. 3 His countenaunce was lyke lyghtnyng, and his rayment white as snowe. 4 And for feare of him, the kepers were astonyed, and became as dead men. 5 The Angell aunswered, and sayde vnto the women, feare ye not: For I knowe that ye seke Iesus whiche was crucified. 6 He is not here, he is rysen, as he saide. Come, se the place where that the Lord was layde.
• John 1:17 : 17 For the lawe was geuen by Moyses: but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christe.
• Acts 12:11 : 11 And when Peter was come to hym selfe, he sayde: Nowe I knowe of a suertie, that the Lorde hath sent his Angel, and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode, and from all the waytyng for, of the people of the Iewes.
• Num 23:24 : 24 Beholde, the people shall ryse vp as a Lion, and heaue vp him self as a young Lion: He shall not lye downe, vntyll he eate of the pray, and drinke the blood of them that are slayne.
• Job 31:31 : 31 Dyd not the men of myne owne housholde say, Who shall let vs to haue our belly full of his fleshe?
• Ps 18:6-9 : 6 But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God, and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde: he hearde my voyce out of his temple, and my crye came before his face, euen vnto his eares. 7 The earth trembled and quaked: the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke, because he was wroth. 8 In his anger a smoke ascended vp: and a fire out of his mouth dyd cosume, and euery cole therof dyd set a fire. 9 He bowed the heauens also, and he came downe: and it was darke vnder his feete. 10 He ridde vpon the Cherub, and he dyd flee: he came fleeyng vpon the wynges of the wynde. 11 For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse: and for his pauilion rounde about hym, he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre. 12 His cloudes, haylestones, and coles of fire: fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng. 13 God also thundred out of heauen: and the most hyghest made his voyce to sounde, haylestones, and coles of fire. 14 He shot out his arrowes, and scattered them: he cast foorth much lyghtnynges, and destroyed them. 15 And the bottomes of waters appeared, and the foundations of the rounde worlde were discouered at thy chidyng, O God: at the blast of the breath of thine anger. 16 He hath sent downe from aboue to fetch me: he hath taken me out of many waters. 17 He hath deliuered me from my strong enemie: and from them which hate me, for they were to stout for me. 18 They preuented me in the day of my trouble: but God was vnto me a sure stay. 19 He brought me also foorth into a place of libertie: he brought me foorth, because he had a fauour vnto me. 20 God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me. 21 Because I had kept the wayes of God: and had not wickedly shronke from my God. 22 For all his lawes were before me: and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me. 23 And I was sounde & pure towardes hym: and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse. 24 Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght. 25 With the holy thou wylt be holy: with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect. 26 With the cleane thou wylt be cleane: and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde. 27 For thou hast saued the people oppressed: and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude. 28 Thou also hast lyghtened my candell: God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght. 29 For in thee I haue discomfited an hoast of men: and with the helpe of my Lorde I haue skipped ouer the wall. 30 The way of the Lorde is a perfect way, the worde of God is tryed in the fire: he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym. 31 For who is a Lorde besides God: or who hath any strength besides our Lorde? 32 It is God that hath gyrded me with valiauntnesse of warre: and he hath made my way playne. 33 He hath made my feete lyke Hartes feete: and he hath set me vp on hygh. 34 He hath taught my handes to fyght: and myne armes to breake a bowe of steele. 35 Thou hast geuen me the shielde of thy saluation: thy ryght hande also hath helde me vp, and through thy great gentlenesse I haue increased. 36 Thou hast made me roomth inough for to go on: so that my feete haue not slypt. 37 I haue pursued myne enemies and onertaken them: neither dyd I returne backe vntyll I had destroyed them. 38 I smote them downe, and they are not able to aryse: they haue taken such a fall vnder my feete. 39 Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto battayle: thou hast made them to bowe downe vnder me who haue rysen vp agaynst me. 40 Thou hast geuen me myne enemies neckes: and I haue destroyed them that hated me. 41 They cryed, but there was none to saue them: they cryed vnto God, but he dyd not heare them. 42 I dyd beat them to powder, like vnto dust in a wynde: I haue brought them as lowe as durt in the streates. 43 Thou hast deliuered me from sedition of the people, and thou hast made me head of the heathen: a people whom I haue not knowen serueth me, 44 assoone as they hearde of me, they obeyed me. 45 Children of a straunger haue made a lie vnto me: the heartes of the children of a straunger hath fayled them, and they feared in their strong holdes. 46 God lyueth, and he is my strength most worthy of blisse: and the Lorde of my saluation ought to be magnified. 47 It is God that hath geuen me power to take auengeaunce: and he hath subdued the people vnder me. 48 It is he that is the aucthour of my deliuerie from myne enemies: and he hath set me vp aboue them that rose agaynst me, he hath ridde me from the wicked man. 49 For this cause I wyll acknowledge thee O God among the gentiles: and syng psalmes vnto thy name. 50 Who hath wonderfull oft deliuered his kyng: and he hath done mercifully vnto Dauid his annoynted, and vnto his seede for euermore.