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5Be thou exalted{H8798)}, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

Psalms 57:5

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Commentary

Matthew Henry

(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 no...

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