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Psalm 57:3
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.
1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
2I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.
3He 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.
4My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!
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Help comes from heaven while the pursuer is still near, and David's confidence in God's loving kindness leaves the danger in plain sight.
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Psalm 40:11Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, LORD. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.Both passages name God's loving kindness and truth as help for someone who depends on him for preservation.
Psalm 43:3Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.Both speak of God sending out his truth, with Psalm 43 asking for guidance and Psalm 57 expecting rescue.
Psalm 55:18He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.Both describe rescue from opposition: Psalm 57 anticipates God's help, while Psalm 55 recounts deliverance from battle.
Acts 12:11When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything …David expects God to send help and save him; Peter recognizes that the Lord sent an angel and delivered him.
Psalm 144:5–7Part your heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.Both look toward heaven for God's intervention: David expects help from there, and Psalm 144 asks the LORD to come down.
Matthew 28:2–6Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky and came and rolled away the stone from the door and sat on it.Psalm 57 expects help from heaven; Matthew describes an angel of the Lord descending from the sky and moving the stone.
Numbers 23:24Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”The surrounding psalm and Numbers share lion imagery, though the psalm depicts threatening enemies and Numbers depicts a people rising to conquer.
John 1:17For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.Both name truth: David expects God to send it with loving kindness, while John names grace and truth through Jesus Christ.
Micah 3:2–3You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;Micah's torn flesh and the surrounding psalm's weapon-like teeth portray human violence; Psalm 57 seeks God's rescue from a pursuer.
2 Samuel 2:6Now may the LORD show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.Both name loving kindness and truth as gifts from the LORD, expressed as confidence in the psalm and blessing in Samuel.
Job 31:31if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’The connection is slight: Job speaks of people fed from his table, while David speaks of rescue sent from heaven.
2 Samuel 15:20Whereas you came but yesterday, should I today make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be …Both pair truth with kindness or mercy amid uncertainty, as David faces pursuit in the psalm and unsettled travel in Samuel.
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David speaks from refuge in a cave, with danger still outside. You do not need to hide danger in prayer. The God he trusts sends loving kindness and truth.
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