John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

David pours out his prayer in extremity, fleeing into the cave with danger pressing upon him. The psalm divides into two movements: first his urgent plea for mercy, then his confident rise to praise. We cannot settle what Al-tascheth means, whether it names a familiar tune or catches his own desperate cry, but either way, the inscription marks the circumstance of true anguish in which these words were born.

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Commenting on Psalm 57:1-11

C.H. Spurgeon Reformed Baptist @princeofpreachers

Here burns the true evangelic heart. The narrow Jew would keep Jehovah's name from Gentile ears, or only to make them tremble; but grace has taught this psalmist better. He will carry his Lord's praise across every boundary, making distant nations hear the gladness of his song.

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Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Prayer, when it works by true faith, turns at once into praise; sackcloth is loosed and replaced with gladness. The heart must be fixed first, prepared for every event by being stayed on God, before the tongue can truly sing His glory.

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Commenting on Psalm 57:7-11