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**Title. Michtam** = Resurgam. One of the six Psalms so called. See App-65 .
**when, &c.** Compare [1 Samuel 22:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/1) .
**the cave.** Probably at En-gedi ([1 Samuel 24:7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/24/7) , [1 Samuel 24:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/24/8) ), where David probably used the words "Al-taschith". See the sub-scription.
**Be merciful** = Be gracious, or favourable. Compare [Psalms 56:1](../../../kjv/psalms/56/1) .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.*
**be merciful.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* , for emphasis.
**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .
**trusteth in** = hath fled for refuge to. Hebrew. *hasah.* App-69 . Same word as "make my refuge" in next line.
**Thy wings.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.*
**Until, &c.:** or, Until one shall have overpast these calamities.

**MOST HIGH.** See note on [Psalms 56:2](../../../kjv/psalms/56/2) .
**GOD.** Hebrew El. App-4 .
**performeth** = bringeth to pass, and perfecteth, or completeth.
**all things.** Figure of speech *Ellipsis* (Absolute). Nothing particularized, that we may supply everything. To name one thing might seem to exclude all others. Compare [Psalms 138:8](../../../kjv/psalms/138/8) .
**for me** = on my behalf.

**swallow me up.** See note on [Psalms 56:1](../../../kjv/psalms/56/1) .
**Selah.** Connecting and emphasizing by repetition David's confidence (that God would assuredly send deliverance), with and because *of* His lovingkindness and truth. See App-66 .
**mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace. Note the Structure "-3. "and "10", above.

**men.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .

**Be Thou exalted.** See the Structure. Figure of speech *Cycloides.* App-6 . See [Psalms 57:11](../../../kjv/psalms/57/11) . Compare similar *Cycloides* in [Psalms 56:4](../../../kjv/psalms/56/4) , [Psalms 56:11](../../../kjv/psalms/56/11) .

**They have digged, &c.** Compare [Psalms 7:15](../../../kjv/psalms/7/15) .
**Selah.** Connecting the bitterness of his enemies with his assured confidence in God. ( App-66 .)

**My heart. my heart.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* ( App-6 ), as in [Psalms 57:1](../../../kjv/psalms/57/1) . (See the Structure, above; also the Figure of speech *Ecphonesis.* )
**fixed** = steadfast. Contrast [Psalms 78:37](../../../kjv/psalms/78/37) .

**Awake.** Figure of speech *Poeanismos* . App-6 .
**glory.** Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Effect), put for the tongue or the heart which gives the glory.
**will awake early** = will awake the dawn.

**LORD *.** One of the 134 places where the *Sopherim* altered Jehovah, of the primitive text, to Adonai. See App-32 .
**people** = peoples.
**sing** = sing praise.

**mercy . . . truth.** See note on [Psalms 57:3](../../../kjv/psalms/57/3) .
**clouds** = skies.

**To the chief Musician.** See App-64 .
**Al-taschith** = Destroy not. See notes on Title, and [Psalms 56:13](../../../kjv/psalms/56/13) ; also App-65 .

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