Psalms 57:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.

📖 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 He will shelter you with his wings; you will find safety under his wings. His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.
• Isa 26:20 : 20 Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over!
• Ps 63:7 : 7 For you are my deliverer; under your wings I rejoice.
• Ps 9:10 : 10 Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, LORD, do not abandon those who seek your help.
• Ruth 2:12 : 12 May the LORD reward your efforts! May your acts of kindness be repaid fully by the LORD God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!”
• Ps 17:7-8 : 7 Accomplish awesome, faithful deeds, you who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection from their enemies. 8 Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!
• Ps 36:7 : 7 How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.
• Ps 56:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.
• Ps 13:5 : 5 But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance!
• Ps 59:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!
• Ps 61:4 : 4 I will be a permanent guest in your home; I will find shelter in the protection of your wings.(Selah)
• Ps 91:9 : 9 For you have taken refuge in the LORD, my shelter, the Most High.
• Ps 119:76-77 : 76 May your loyal love console me, as you promised your servant. 77 May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law.
• Ps 125:1 : 1 A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved and will endure forever.
• Ps 69:13-16 : 13 O LORD, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance! 14 Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water! 15 Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me! 16 Answer me, O LORD, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!
• Ps 91:1 : 1 As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the Most High, and resides in the protective shadow of the Sovereign One–
• Jas 5:10-11 : 10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name. 11 Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
• Rev 7:14 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!
• Rev 21:4 : 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more– or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.”
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.
• Matt 24:22 : 22 And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!
• Ps 142:1 : 1 A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the LORD I cry out; to the LORD I plead for mercy.
• Ps 58:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly?
• 1 Sam 22:1 : 1 David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family learned about it, they went down there to him.
• 1 Sam 24:3 : 3 He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave.
• 1 Sam 24:8 : 8 Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul,“My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.
• Isa 10:25 : 25 For very soon my fury will subside, and my anger will be directed toward their destruction.”
• Luke 13:34 : 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
• John 16:20 : 20 I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.