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\u201cOut of the frying pan and into the fire\u201d succinctly describes what is taking place in the background to Psalm 56<\/a>. Saul has made it clear to both David and Jonathan that he won\u2019t rest until David is dead. This causes David to literally run for his life, and one of the places he decides to go is the last place on earth anyone would think he would go\u2014Gath of the Philistines. This may have been a tactical move, thinking this would be the last place Saul would look for him and he could hide undetected by the Philistines. But it turns out to be just as dangerous as he recognized as the Philistine slayer. David senses the danger and turns to God in an epic poem of trust in the face of fear.<\/strong> Let\u2019s unpack this psalm with these notes from the ESV Expository Commentary<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 56<\/a> illustrates the limitations of a too-rigid classification for the Psalms. We may see it as an individual lament (as most seem to do), but we can also see it as a song of (anticipated) thanksgiving. In the latter case, the description of troubles and prayer is taken up into gratitude that God has heard and will act (as he has done in the past).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The title links the psalm with David\u2019s experience of danger at the hands of the Philistines, when he fled from Saul for refuge in Gath (1 Sam. 21:10\u201315<\/a>)\u2014as with Psalm 34<\/a>. It was Saul\u2019s persecution as much as it was the Philistines\u2019 suspicion and oppression that put David at risk. This particular psalm seems to focus primarily on the Philistine threat, in light of the mention of \u201cpeoples\u201d (56:7<\/a>). More generally, the song is for a case in which troubles arise from people who aim to hurt the pious singer (as is common with lament psalms).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first seven verses begin and end with a prayer for God\u2019s help (\u201cbe gracious . . . cast down\u201d). In between these we find a vivid portrayal of enemies who \u201ctrample\u201d and \u201cattack\u201d (twice each in 56:1, 2<\/a>), who plot and \u201cwatch my steps\u201d (vv. 5\u20136<\/a>) and do so \u201call day long\u201d (vv. 1<\/a>, 5<\/a>). We may therefore treat verses 1\u20137<\/a> as one stanza; however, the enemies\u2019 activities receive slightly different descriptions in verses 1\u20132<\/a> and 5\u20136<\/a>. Further, verses 3\u20134<\/a> move to an expression of faith (which finds an echo in vv. 10\u201311<\/a>), perhaps matched by the rhetorical question of verse 7<\/a> (\u201cFor their crime will they escape?\u201d implies an emphatic no in reply). Hence we can break verses 1\u20137<\/a> into two stanzas, with each describing the deadly threat of the enemies and then bringing the song to an expression of dependence on God. Then verses 8\u201311<\/a> explains that trust is the proper response because of God\u2019s faithful love, which he has promised and has displayed in the past; verses 10\u201311<\/a> restate verse 4<\/a> (with variations). The final stanza (vv. 12\u201313<\/a>) looks forward to the deliverance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section Outline<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I. Man Tramples on Me<\/a> (56:1\u20134<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

II. They Have Waited for My Life<\/a> (56:5\u20137<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

III. God Is for Me<\/a> (56:8\u201311<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IV. You Have Delivered My Soul from Death<\/a> (56:12\u201313<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I. Man Tramples on Me<\/strong> (56:1\u20134<\/a>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The singer prays in the midst of his circumstances and sets his mind on the right response. The words \u201ctrample\u201d and \u201cattack\u201d are both repeated (vv. 1\u20132<\/a>), portraying the circumstances as having an aggressor and a victim (the singer). In such a case, anyone would of course \u201cbe afraid\u201d (v. 3<\/a>), but the psalm directs the attention of the faithful to respond in \u201ctrust\u201d (twice in vv. 3\u20134<\/a>) even so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verse 4<\/a> rehearses the right stance toward God, with an implicit reminder of why this stance is so right, so rational. The faithful \u201cpraise\u201d God\u2019s \u201cword,\u201d the revelation that served Israel as its foundation. This God is greater than all \u201cflesh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This enables those who sing the psalm to set their own hearts on the right response: when they are \u201cafraid,\u201d this is the antidote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

II. They Have Waited for My Life<\/strong> (56:5\u20137<\/a>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This stanza provides another description of the enemies\u2019 activities, now under the image of scheming and waiting in ambush; in fact, \u201cthey stir up strife,\u201d enlisting others to do their evil work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like the first stanza, this one moves from depicting the threats to encouraging faith. The question that begins verse 7<\/a> (\u201cFor their crime will they escape?\u201d) is a rhetorical question; that is, a faithful Israelite would know that the answer to the question is \u201cSurely not!\u201d The question\u2019s form allows the singers to put their fear into words and then to see what must certainly be the right response. This leads to the request, \u201cIn wrath cast down the peoples!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In referring to \u201cpeoples,\u201d the words of the song tie into the incident in the title; they also show the kinds of analogous situations for which the psalm is suited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

III. God Is for Me<\/strong> (56:8\u201311<\/a>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

These verses fill out the picture of trust: God keeps account of the \u201ctossings\u201d and \u201ctears\u201d of his faithful ones\u2014the psalm uses the images of storing them in a bottle and recording them in a book or scroll (cf. Mal. 3:16<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The image of God\u2019s careful remembering should bring back his own past deeds that show his trustworthiness, which leads to the confidence for the current crisis: \u201cMy enemies will turn back.\u201d Each person reviews his or her faith, recognizing that \u201cGod is for\u201d those who trust in him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verses 10\u201311<\/a> repeat verse 4<\/a> with slight variations, repeating the first line\u2014but with \u201cthe LORD\u201d in place of \u201cGod\u201d\u2014and \u201cman\u201d in place of \u201cflesh\u201d in the last. Now that the psalm has clarified the basis for the confidence it seeks to foster, it reaffirms that confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IV. You Have Delivered My Soul from Death<\/strong> (56:12\u201313<\/a>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The final stanza looks forward to the thanks the singer will give when God provides the requested deliverance. To \u201cperform . . . vows\u201d and \u201crender thank offerings\u201d is to use the varieties of peace offerings by which a worshiper will celebrate God\u2019s answer to prayer (cf. Lev. 7:15\u201316<\/a>; Ps. 54:6<\/a>). The proper expression of thanks is in public worship, sharing a sacred meal with one\u2019s family, the clergy, and the needy (Deut. 12:7<\/a>, 12<\/a>, 18<\/a>; 14:26\u201329<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening words of Psalm 56:13<\/a> (\u201cFor you have delivered my soul from death\u201d) are in the past tense. This may be a remembering of the past, but it is more likely an expression of the confidence that \u201cGod is for\u201d the singer (v. 9<\/a>)\u2014that is, it is as good as done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy feet from falling\u201d (v. 13<\/a>) answers the schemers\u2019 intention in verse 6<\/a> (\u201cwatch my steps\u201d): their schemes shall fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chief confidence is that God will do this delivering (of whatever sort it might be) in order the singer \u201cmay walk before God in the light of life.\u201d This is probably an expression for enjoying God\u2019s presence in \u201clife,\u201d that is, in true faithfulness (cf. 89:15<\/a>, walking in the light of God\u2019s face; Isa. 2:5<\/a>, walking in God\u2019s light).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Response<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With this psalm the faithful in Israel, especially those who find themselves under threat from hostile Gentiles, could present their fears before God. The song turns the singers to God in trust\u2014and thus away from personal vengeance. It also reinforces the bond that God\u2019s people have with one another by pointing them to the celebration of peace offerings together as the consummate expression of gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with laments in general, the proper use of this psalm would require keen pastoral judgment on the part of the Levitical worship leader. Not every case of imagined persecution would have been motivated by hatred, after all\u2014it may in fact be imaginary, or due to the Israelite\u2019s own misdeeds or some other cause. The psalm calls for further pastoral care and sympathetic instruction, since not all answers to these laments appear as quickly as the faithful might like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christians may expect to face analogous circumstances, with a similar need for pastoral care (cf. 1 Pet. 2:11\u201312<\/a>, 19\u201320<\/a>; 3:13\u201317<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound Commentary from the ESV Expository Commentary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The ESV Expository Commentary<\/a> combines sound commentary, clear theological reflection, and wise applicational responses to the text without being an exhaustively dense read. Pick up the series today through the link below and get the help you need as you prepare to exposit the Word of God!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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