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Interlude My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/57.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/57.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/57.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He shall send from heaven, and save me <i>from</i> the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/57.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He shall send from heaven and save me; He reproaches the one who would swallow me up. Selah</i> God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/57.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will send from heaven and save me; He rebukes the one who tramples upon me. Selah God will send His favor and His truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/57.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah. God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/57.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah. God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/57.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah. God will send His lovingkindness and His truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/57.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He will send from heaven and save me; He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah. God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/57.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He reaches down from heaven and saves me, challenging the one who tramples me. Selah God sends his faithful love and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/57.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He reaches down from heaven and saves me, challenging the one who tramples me. Selah God sends His faithful love and truth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/57.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He will send from heaven, and save me, When he that would swallow me up reproacheth; [Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/57.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You will send help from heaven and save me, but you will bring trouble on my attackers. You are faithful, and you can be trusted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/57.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He shall send from heaven, and save me, when he that would swallow me up reproacheth; Selah God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/57.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He sends his help from heaven and saves me. He disgraces the one who is harassing me. [Selah] God sends his mercy and his truth!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/57.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He will answer from heaven and save me; he will defeat my oppressors. God will show me his constant love and faithfulness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/57.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He will send help from heaven to deliver me from those who harass and despise me. Interlude God will send his gracious love and truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/57.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/57.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/57.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/57.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/57.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/57.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He sends from the heavens, and saves me, "" He reproached [the one] who is panting after me. Selah. God sends forth His kindness and His truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/57.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached -- who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/57.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He will send from the heavens and he will save me; he rebuked him panting after me. Silence. God will send forth his mercy and his truth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/57.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/57.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 56:4>He sent from heaven and freed me. He has surrendered into disgrace those who trampled me. God has sent his mercy and his truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/57.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />May God send help from heaven to save me, shame those who trample upon me. May God send fidelity and mercy. <i>Selah</i> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/57.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He will send from heaven and save me, he will put to shame those who trample on me. Selah God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/57.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For he has sent from heaven and delivered me; he has put mine enemies to shame. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/57.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For he sent from Heaven and he saved me and he has reproached my enemies. God sent his grace and his truth.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/57.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He will send from heaven, and save me, When he that would swallow me up taunteth, Selah God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/57.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />He sent from heaven and saved me; he gave to reproach them that trampled on me: God has sent forth his mercy and his truth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/57-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=6730" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/57.htm">In You My Soul Takes Refuge</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: yiš·laḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">He reaches down</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: miš·šā·ma·yim (Prep-m:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">from heaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: wə·yō·wō·šî·‘ê·nî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">and saves me;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2778.htm" title="2778: ḥê·rêp̄ (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To pull off, to expose, to betroth, to carp at, defame, to spend the winter.">He rebukes</a> <a href="/hebrew/7602.htm" title="7602: šō·’ă·p̄î (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten.">those who trample me.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5542.htm" title="5542: se·lāh (Interjection) -- To lift up, exalt. From calah; suspension, i.e. Pause.">Selah</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: yiš·laḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">sends forth</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḥas·dōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">His loving devotion</a> <a href="/hebrew/571.htm" title="571: wa·’ă·mit·tōw (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Firmness, faithfulness, truth. Contracted from 'aman; stability; certainty, truth, trustworthiness.">and His truth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/34-7.htm">Psalm 34:7</a></span><br />The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/91-11.htm">Psalm 91:11</a></span><br />For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/6-22.htm">Daniel 6:22</a></span><br />My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9</a></span><br />In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-20.htm">Exodus 23:20</a></span><br />Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">2 Kings 19:35</a></span><br />And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-16.htm">Psalm 18:16</a></span><br />He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-7.htm">Psalm 144:7</a></span><br />Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/138-7.htm">Psalm 138:7</a></span><br />If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/46-1.htm">Psalm 46:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/121-7.htm">Psalm 121:7-8</a></span><br />The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul. / The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/25-10.htm">Psalm 25:10</a></span><br />All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/36-5.htm">Psalm 36:5</a></span><br />Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/108-4.htm">Psalm 108:4</a></span><br />For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-20.htm">Psalm 103:20</a></span><br />Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.</p><p class="hdg">send</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-6.htm">Psalm 18:6</a></b></br> In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, <i>even</i> into his ears.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/144-5.htm">Psalm 144:5-7</a></b></br> Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/28-2.htm">Matthew 28:2-6</a></b></br> And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it… </p><p class="hdg">from the reproach of him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/56-1.htm">Psalm 56:1,2</a></b></br> To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/61-7.htm">Psalm 61:7</a></b></br> He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, <i>which</i> may preserve him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/23-24.htm">Numbers 23:24</a></b></br> Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat <i>of</i> the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.</p><p class="hdg">send</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-11.htm">Psalm 40:11</a></b></br> Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/43-3.htm">Psalm 43:3</a></b></br> O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/1-17.htm">John 1:17</a></b></br> For the law was given by Moses, <i>but</i> grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/55-5.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/psalms/54-7.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/psalms/56-3.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/psalms/54-5.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/psalms/56-7.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/54-6.htm">Good</a> <a href="/psalms/53-2.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/psalms/53-2.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/psalms/52-8.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/55-14.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/42-8.htm">Loving-Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/52-8.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/psalms/54-1.htm">Power</a> <a href="/psalms/38-20.htm">Pursuing</a> <a href="/psalms/39-11.htm">Rebukes</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-16.htm">Rebuking</a> <a href="/psalms/44-16.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/psalms/55-12.htm">Reproaches</a> <a href="/psalms/44-16.htm">Reproacheth</a> <a href="/psalms/55-16.htm">Save</a> <a href="/psalms/55-16.htm">Saves</a> <a href="/psalms/55-19.htm">Selah</a> <a href="/psalms/19-2.htm">Sends</a> <a href="/psalms/53-5.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/psalms/52-8.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/psalms/56-2.htm">Swallow</a> <a href="/psalms/44-16.htm">Taunteth</a> <a href="/psalms/56-2.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/job/9-8.htm">Tramples</a> <a href="/psalms/54-5.htm">Truth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/65-13.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/psalms/59-10.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/psalms/62-1.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/psalms/57-10.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/psalms/57-4.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/63-5.htm">Good</a> <a href="/psalms/68-33.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/psalms/57-5.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/psalms/57-10.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/57-10.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/57-10.htm">Loving-Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/57-10.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/psalms/59-2.htm">Power</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-19.htm">Pursuing</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-7.htm">Rebukes</a> <a href="/mark/10-13.htm">Rebuking</a> <a href="/psalms/69-7.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">Reproaches</a> <a href="/psalms/74-22.htm">Reproacheth</a> <a href="/psalms/59-2.htm">Save</a> <a href="/psalms/68-20.htm">Saves</a> <a href="/psalms/57-6.htm">Selah</a> <a href="/psalms/64-7.htm">Sends</a> <a href="/psalms/69-6.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/psalms/57-7.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/psalms/69-15.htm">Swallow</a> <a href="/psalms/119-42.htm">Taunteth</a> <a href="/psalms/60-12.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Tramples</a> <a href="/psalms/57-10.htm">Truth</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 57</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/57-1.htm">David in prayer fleeing unto God, complains of his dangerous case</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/57-7.htm">He encourages himself to praise God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew root for "send" is "שָׁלַח" (shalach), which conveys the idea of dispatching or commissioning. In the historical context of the Psalms, this reflects the belief in God's active role in the world, where He dispatches aid and deliverance from His heavenly abode. The imagery of heaven underscores the transcendence and sovereignty of God, who is not limited by earthly constraints.<p><b>and save me</b><br />The Hebrew word for "save" is "יָשַׁע" (yasha), which means to deliver or give victory. This term is often used in the context of God providing salvation or rescue from peril. In the scriptural narrative, salvation is a recurring theme, pointing to God's covenant faithfulness and His power to redeem His people. This assurance of salvation is a cornerstone of the believer's faith, reflecting trust in God's ability to rescue from both physical and spiritual dangers.<p><b>He rebukes those who trample me</b><br />The word "rebukes" comes from the Hebrew "חָרַף" (charaph), which means to reproach or defy. This indicates God's active defense of His people, where He confronts and corrects those who oppress or harm them. The historical context often involves enemies or adversaries who seek to undermine the psalmist. God's rebuke is a demonstration of His justice and protection, ensuring that the righteous are vindicated.<p><b>Selah</b><br />This term is a musical or liturgical marker found throughout the Psalms. While its exact meaning is debated, it is often understood as a pause for reflection or emphasis. In this context, "Selah" invites the reader or listener to meditate on the profound truths just expressed, considering the weight of God's intervention and faithfulness.<p><b>God sends forth His loving devotion</b><br />The phrase "loving devotion" is translated from the Hebrew "חֶסֶד" (chesed), a rich term denoting steadfast love, mercy, and covenant loyalty. This word encapsulates the enduring and faithful love of God towards His people, a central theme in the Old Testament. God's "chesed" is not merely an emotional affection but a committed, covenantal love that acts on behalf of His people.<p><b>and His truth</b><br />The Hebrew word for "truth" is "אֱמֶת" (emet), which signifies reliability, faithfulness, and constancy. In the biblical context, God's truth is His faithfulness to His promises and His unchanging nature. This truth is a foundation for the believer's trust, as it assures them of God's unwavering commitment to His word and His people.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/57.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">He shall send . . .</span>--The <span class= "ital">selah </span>in the middle of this verse is as much out of place as in <a href="/psalms/55-19.htm" title="God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that stays of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.">Psalm 55:19</a>. The LXX. place it after <a href="/psalms/57-2.htm" title="I will cry to God most high; to God that performes all things for me.">Psalm 57:2</a>. The marginal correction of the second clause is decidedly to be adopted, the word "reproach" is here being used in the sense of "rebuke." For the verb "send," used absolutely, comp. <a href="/psalms/18-16.htm" title="He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.">Psalm 18:16</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/57.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up.</span> The two clauses stand unconnected in the original, which runs, "He shall send from heaven and save me - my pursuer reproaches - God shall send," etc. The second clause is really parenthetic, and, as Dr. Driver says ('Hebrew Verbs,' § 163), "circumstantial," noting the circumstances under which God would take action. <span class="cmt_word">God shall send forth his mercy and his truth</span>. His mercy, to relieve the psalmist; his truth, to confound the psalmist's enemies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/57-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He reaches down</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁלַ֤ח</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from heaven</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀</span> <span class="translit">(miš·šā·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and saves me;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽיוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yō·wō·šî·‘ê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He rebukes</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵרֵ֣ף</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·rêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2778.htm">Strong's 2778: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull off, to expose, to betroth, to carp at, defame, to spend the winter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those who trample me.</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁאֲפִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(šō·’ă·p̄î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7602.htm">Strong's 7602: </a> </span><span class="str2">To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Selah</span><br /><span class="heb">סֶ֑לָה</span> <span class="translit">(se·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5542.htm">Strong's 5542: </a> </span><span class="str2">Suspension, pause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sends forth</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁלַ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His loving devotion</span><br /><span class="heb">חַסְדּ֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥas·dōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm">Strong's 2617: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and His truth.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲמִתּֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·mit·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_571.htm">Strong's 571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/57-3.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 57:3 He will send from heaven and save (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/57-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 57:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 57:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/57-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 57:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 57:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>