Psalms 57:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 57

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⁵Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

Psalms 57:5 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 6:3
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Psalms 72:19
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Numbers 14:21
But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
Psalms 57:11
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God God Guidance Lord Majesty Theology Trinity

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

The title of this psalm has one word new in it, Al-taschith—Destroy not. Some make it to be only some known tune to which this psalm was set; others apply it to the occasion and matter of the psalm. Destroy not; that is, David would not let Saul be destroyed, when now in the cave there was a fair opportunity of killing him, and his servants would fain have done so. No, says David, destroy him not,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. This doxology illustrates his view of the connection of his deliverance with God’s glory.