Psalms 57 · Verse 3

Psalms 57:3

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.
Psalms 57:3, King James Version

Psalms 57:3 in other translations

BSBHe reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
WEBHe 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.
ASVHe 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.
YLTHe sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached--who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.
DARBYHe 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.
BBEHe will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.
WebsterHe 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.

What does Psalms 57:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. from ... swallow me up--that pants in rage after me (Psa 56:2). mercy and ... truth--(Psa 25:10; 36:5), as messengers (Psa 43:3) sent to deliver him.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 He shall send from heaven, and save me - Were there no human agents or earthly means that he could employ, he would send his angels from heaven to rescue me from my enemies. Or, He will give his command from heaven that this may be done on earth. Selah - I think this word should be at the end of the verse. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth - Here mercy and truth are personified. They are the messengers that God will send from heaven to save me. His mercy ever inclines him to help and save the distressed. This he has promised to do; and his truth binds him to fulfll the promises or engagements his mercy has made, both to saints and sinners.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 57:1-6

All David's dependence is upon God. The most eminent believers need often repeat the publican's prayer, "God be merciful to me a sinner." But if our souls trust in the Lord, this may assure us, in our utmost dangers, that our calamities will at length be overpast, and in the mean time, by faith and prayer, we must make him our refuge. Though God be most high, yet he condescends so low, as to take care that all…

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Psalms 57:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִשְׁלַ֤חyish.Lachhe will sendH7971
מִשָּׁמַ֨יִם\׀mi.sha.Ma.yimfrom heavenH8064
וְֽיוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִיve.yo.shi.'E.niand he will save meH3467
חֵרֵ֣ףche.Refhe will reproachH2778
שֹׁאֲפִ֣יsho.'a.Fi[one who] crushes meH7602
סֶ֑לָהSe.lahSelahH5542
יִשְׁלַ֥חyish.Lachhe will sendH7971
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
חַסְדּ֥וֹchas.Docovenant loyalty hisH2617
וַאֲמִתּֽוֹ\׃va.'a.mi.Toand faithfulness hisH571

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 57:3

  • Psalms 40:11

    Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

  • Psalms 43:3

    O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

  • Psalms 144:5-7

    Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

  • Acts 12:11

    And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

  • Psalms 61:7

    He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

  • Psalms 56:1-2

    To the chief Musician upon Jonath–elem–rechokim, 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. Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

  • Matthew 28:2-6

    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. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. …

  • Numbers 23:24

    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 of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

  • John 1:17

    For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

  • Micah 3:2-3

    Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

  • Psalms 18:6-50

    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, even into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. …

  • Job 31:31

    If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
send.
18:6-50; 144:5-7; Mt 28:2-6; Ac 12:11
from the reproach of him. or, he reproacheth him, etc.swallow.
56:1,2; 61:7; Nu 23:24; Job 31:31; Mic 3:2,3
send.
40:11; 43:3; Joh 1:17

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Context

  • Psalms 57:2

    I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

  • Psalms 57:3

    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.

  • Psalms 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 spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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Psalms 57:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El enviará desde los cielos, y me salvará de la infamia del que me apura (Selah); Dios enviará su misericordia y su verdad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je crierai au Dieu Très-haut, à ✶Dieu qui mène tout à bonne fin pour moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Vom Himmel wird er senden und mich retten; er macht zum Hohn den, der nach mir schnaubt. Senden wird Gott seine Güte und seine Wahrheit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Etenim in corde iniquitates operamini; in terra injustitias manus vestræ concinnant.