Psalm 57:1
57:1 {a} To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David,
     when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me,
     O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee:
     yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge,
     until [these] {a} calamities be overpast.

     (a) This was either the beginning of a certain song, or the
         words which David uttered when he stayed his affection.
     (b) He compares the afflictions which God lays on his
         children, to a storm that comes and goes.

Psalm 57:2
57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that {c} performeth
     [all things] for me.

     (c) Who does not leave his works begun imperfectly.

Psalm 57:3
57:3 He shall send from {d} heaven, and save me [from] the
     reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall
     send forth his mercy and his truth.

     (d) He would rather deliver me by a miracle, than that I
         should be overcome.

Psalm 57:4
57:4 My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them
     that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth
     [are] {e} spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp
     sword.

     (e) He means their slanderous and false reports.

Psalm 57:5
57:5 {f} Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [let] thy
     glory [be] above all the earth.

     (f) Do not permit me to be destroyed to the contempt of
         your Name.

Psalm 57:6
57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; {g} my soul is bowed
     down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst
     whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.

     (g) For fear, seeing the great dangers on all sides.

Psalm 57:7
57:7 My heart is {h} fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: {i} I will
     sing and give praise.

     (h) That is, wholly bent to give you praise for my
         deliverance.
     (i) He shows that both his heart will praise God, and his
         tongue will confess him, and also he will use other
         means to provoke himself forward to the same.

Psalm 57:10
57:10 For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens, and thy truth
      unto the {k} clouds.

      (k) Your mercies not only belong to the Jews, but also to
          the Gentiles.