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Psalm 57

Psa. 57:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He shall send
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
from heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, and save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
me ζfrom the reproach
charaph. (Hebrew #2778)
to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; denominative (from 2779) to spend the winter
KJV usage: betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.
Pronounce: khaw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
of him that would swallow me up
sha'aph (Hebrew #7602)
to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
KJV usage: desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
Pronounce: shaw-af'
Origin: a primitive root
. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
. God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
shall send forth
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
his mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
and his truth
'emeth (Hebrew #571)
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
KJV usage: assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
Pronounce: eh'-meth
Origin: contracted from 539
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or, he reproacheth.

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Psa. 18:6‑50• 6In my distress I call upon Jehovah,{HR}And unto my God do I cry for help;{HR}From his temple heareth he my voice,{HR}And my supplication before him cometh into his ears.
 7Then the earth shaketh and trembleth,{HR}And the foundations of mountains are moved;{HR}They are shaken because he was angry.
 8There went up a smoke in his anger,{HR}And fire from his mouth devoureth;{HR}Coals were kindled by it.
 9And he boweth the heavens and cometh down,{HR}And darkness [is] under his feet.
 10And he rideth upon a cherub and flieth,{HR}Yea, he flieth upon the wings of the wind.
 11He maketh darkness his covering,{HR}His tent round about him,{HR}Darkness of waters,{HR}Thick clouds of the skies.
 12From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed away:{HR}Hail, and coals of fire.
 13And Jehovah thundereth in the heavens,{HR}And the Most High giveth his voice;{HR}Hail and coals of fire.
 14And he sendeth his arrows and scattereth them,{HR}And lightnings in abundance,{HR}And discomfiteth them.
 15And the channels of waters are seen,{HR}And the foundations of the world are made bare through thy rebuke,{HR}O Jehovah, through the breath of the wind of thy wrath,
 16He sendeth from on high, he taketh me,{HR}He draweth me out of great waters.
 17He delivereth me from my strong enemies and from my haters,{HR}For they were stronger than I.
 18They fell upon me in the day of my trouble;{HR}But Jehovah was for a stay to me.
 19And he bringeth me forth into the wide place;{HR}He delivereth me because he delighted in me.
 20Jehovah recompenseth me according to my righteousness;{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands he requiteth me.
 21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah{HR}And have not acted wickedly against my God.
 22For all his judgments [are] before me,{HR}And his statutes I will not put away from me.
 23And I am upright before him{HR}And keep myself from mine iniquity.
 24And Jehovah requiteth me according to my righteousness,{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
 25With the merciful thou showest thyself merciful,{HR}With the upright man thou showest thyself upright.
 26With the pure thou showest thyself pure,{HR}And with the perverse thou showest thyself perverse.
 27For thou savest an afflicted people,{HR}And lofty eyes thou bringest down.
 28For thou lightest my lamp;{HR}Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
 29For by thee I run [through] a troop,{HR}And by my God I leap [over] a wall.
 30[As for] God, his way [is] perfect;{HR}The word of Jehovah [is] tried;{HR}A shield [is] he to all those who trust in him.
 31For who [is] God besides Jehovah?{HR}And who [is] a rock except our God?
 32[It is] God that girdeth me with strength,{HR}And he maketh my way perfect.
 33He maketh my feet like hinds;{HR}And upon my high places he causeth me to stand,
 34Instructing my hands for the war;{HR}And a bow of brass is bent [by] mine arms.
 35And thou givest unto me a shield, thy salvation;{HR}And thy right hand upholdeth me,{HR}And thy meekness maketh me great.
 36Thou enlargest my steps under me,{HR}And my ancles have not slipped.
 37I pursue mine enemies and overtake them,{HR}And I turn not back until they are destroyed.
 38I break them in pieces and they are not able to rise;{HR}They fall under my feet.
 39And thou girdest me with strength for the battle,{HR}Thou causest to bow down under me those that rise up against me.
 40And mine enemies, thou turnest their back to me;{HR}And my haters—I will destroy them.
 41They cry for help, but there is no deliverer—{HR}Unto Jehovah, but be answereth them not.
 42And I bruise them as dust before the wind,{HR}And as mire of the streets I pour them out.
 43Thou deliverest me from the strivings of the people;{HR}Thou placest me at the head of Gentiles:{HR}A people that I have not known serve me.
 44At the hearing of the ear they show themselves obedient to me;{HR}Sons of a stranger feign submission to me.
 45Sons of a stranger fade away,{HR}And they tremble out of their enclosed places.
 46Jehovah liveth, and blessed [is] my rock{HR}And exalted the God of my salvation,
 47The God who giveth revenges unto me{HR}And subdueth peoples under me,
 48My deliverer from mine enemies yea,{HR}Thou liftest me up from among those who rise up against me,{HR}From a man of violence thou deliverest me.
 49Therefore I give thanks to thee among the Gentiles,{HR}O Jehovah, and to thy name I sing praises,
 50That maketh great the deliverances of his king{HR}And showeth kindness to his anointed,{HR}To David and to his seed forever. (Psa. 18:6‑50)
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Psa. 144:5‑7• 5Jehovah, bow thy heavens and come down;{HR}Touch (on) the mountains, and they smoke.
 6Shine out lightnings, and scatter them;{HR}Send thine arrows, and discomfit them.
 7Stretch (send) thy hands from above;{HR}Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters from hand of aliens (sons of strangeness). (Psa. 144:5‑7)
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Matt. 28:2‑6• 2{i}And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of [the] Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.{/i}
 3{i}And his look was as lightning, and his clothing white as snow.{/i}
 4{i}And for fear of him the guards trembled and became as dead men.{/i}
 5{i}And the angel answering said to the women, Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus the crucified one.{/i}
 6{i}He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.{/i} (Matt. 28:2‑6)
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Acts 12:11• 11And Peter, on coming to himself, said, Now I know truly that [the] Lord sent forth his angel and took me out of Herod's hand and all the expectation of the people of the Jews. (Acts 12:11)
from the reproach of him.
or, he reproacheth him, etc.swallow.
Psa. 56:1‑2• 1To the chief musician, as the silent dove of the distant, of David, Michtam ; when the Philistines took him in Gath.{HR}Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up;{HR}All the day fighting he oppresseth me.
 2They that lie in wait for me would swallow [me] up all the day,{HR}For many fight proudly against me. (Psa. 56:1‑2)
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Psa. 61:7• 7He shall abide (sit) before God forever:{HR}Mercy and truth afford;{HR}Let them preserve him. (Psa. 61:7)
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Num. 23:24• 24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion,{HR}And lift up himself as a young lion;{HR}He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,{HR}And drink the blood of the slain. (Num. 23:24)
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Job 31:31• 31If the men of my tent said not,{HR}Who giveth one not satisfied with his flesh? (Job 31:31)
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Mic. 3:2‑3• 2{i}Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;{/i}
 3{i}and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.{/i} (Mic. 3:2‑3)
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Psa. 40:11• 11Thou, O Jehovah, wilt not withhold thy compassion from me;{HR}Thy mercy and thy truth will always preserve me. (Psa. 40:11)
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Psa. 43:3• 3Send thou thy light and thy truth: they shall lead me,{HR}They shall bring me unto the mountain of thy holiness and unto thy tabernacles. (Psa. 43:3)
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John 1:17• 17For the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1:17)
• God will send forth His mercy to deliver the godly; His truth to deal with the wicked. His judgment will he according to truth. (“Psalm 57” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth.

W. Kelly Translation

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He will send from the heavens and save me:{HR}He that would swallow me up reviled! Selah.{HR}God will send his mercy and his truth.