Psalms 56 (DRB)

Chapter Text

56:1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave.

56:2 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.

56:3 I will cry to God the most high; to God who hath done good to me.

56:4 He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,

56:5 And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

56:6 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.

56:7 They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it.

56:8 My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and rehearse a psalm.

56:9 Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early.

56:10 I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations.

56:11 For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.

56:12 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mercy", "destroy", "david", "inscription", "title", "fled", "saul", and "cave". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mercy" and "destroy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DRB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "mercy" and "destroy" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "mercy" and "destroy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.