Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 57:2
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth [all things] for me.
2. I will cry &c.] I will call unto God Most High. Cp. Psa 55:16; Psa 56:9. The combination Elhm Elyon occurs only here and in Psa 78:56; it is the Elohistic equivalent of Jehovah Elyon (Psa 7:17; cp. Psa 47:2; Psa 83:18; Psa 97:9). El Elyon occurs in Psa 78:35 (cp. Psa 73:11); Gen 14:18 ff. The Psalmist appeals to God first as the ‘Most High’ (see Appendix, Note ii), a name which implies God’s power to help him, as the supreme Ruler of the world; and then as God (El) that performeth all things for me, a title which implies His willingness to help His servant now as heretofore. Here as in Psa 138:8, the object of the verb is left to be supplied (cp. Psa 52:9). He will perform all that needs to be performed. Cp. Php 4:19.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
I will cry unto God most high – The idea is – God is exalted above all creatures; all events are under him, and he can control them. The appeal was not to man, however exalted; not to an angel, however far he may be above man; it was an appeal made at once to the Supreme Being, the God to whom all worlds and all creatures are subject, and under whose protection, therefore, he must be safe.
Unto God that performeth all things for me – The word used here, and rendered performeth – gamar – means properly to bring to an end; to complete; to perfect. The idea here is, that it is the character of God, that he completes or perfects, or brings to a happy issue all his plans. The psalmist had had experience of that in the past. God had done this in former trials; he felt assured that God would do it in this; and he, therefore, came to God with a confident belief that all would be safe in his hands.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 2. I will cry unto God most high] He is the Most High; and therefore far above all my enemies, though the prince of the power of the air be at their head.
Unto God, lael, unto the strong God, one against whom no human or diabolic might can prevail. David felt his own weakness, and he knew the strength of his adversaries; and therefore he views God under those attributes and characters which were suited to his state. This is a great secret in the Christian life; few pray to God wisely; though they may do it fervently.
That performeth all things for me.] Who works for me; gomer, he who completes for me, and will bring all to a happy issue.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Heb. that performeth (or perfecteth, or finisheth, as this word is rendered, Psa 138:8, i.e. will certainly perform or finish) for, or towards, or concerning me. He doth not express what he performeth, or perfecteth, or fulfilleth, but leaveth it to be understood, as being easy to be understood.
He performeth, or perfecteth, to wit, all that he hath promised; engageth himself to perform what he hath begun to do, or what is yet to be performed; it being usual in the Hebrew language to understand a verbal noun after the verb. He implies that God is not like men, who make large promises, but either through inability, or carelessness, or unfaithfulness, do not perform them, but will certainly be as good as his word.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
2. performethor, completeswhat He has begun.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
I will cry unto God most high,…. To remember him in his low estate, and who is higher than the highest, than Saul and his mighty men with him. This epithet David no doubt made use of, to encourage his faith in the Lord, who is above all, and can do all things; as follows;
unto God that performeth [all things] for me; in a providential way, having made him, upheld him in being, fed and clothed him, preserved him, and followed him with his goodness all his days; and in a way of grace he performed all his purposes concerning him, all his promises unto him, and was performing and would perfect the work of grace in him; see Ps 138:8. The Targum adds a fable by way of paraphrase on the text,
“who commanded, or prepared a spider, to perfect in the mouth of the cave a web for me;”
so it is in the king’s Bible; as if, when he was in the cave, God so ordered it in his providence, that a spider should spin a web over the month of it, which prevented his persecutors from searching for him in it; but the Scripture is silent in this matter. Such a story is reported of Felix, bishop of Nola, in ecclesiastical history m.
m Vid. Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 4. c. 23. col. 611.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(2) Peformeth all things for me.Literally, completes for me, which may be explained from the analogy of Psa. 138:8. But as the LXX. and Vulg. have my benefactor (reading goml for gomr) we may adopt that emendation.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2. Unto God that performeth all things for me The verb for “performeth” signifies to bring to an end, as Psa 7:9; also, to complete; and in the judicial sense, to bring to a righteous determination. David expresses his confidence that God will adjudge and bring to a righteous termination all things concerning him, whether promises to himself or threatenings upon his enemies. See the same word in Psa 138:8, and compare, doctrinally, Php 1:6
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 57:2. Unto God, that performeth all things for me To the Divinity that completely covereth me all over: literally, that perfecteth all over, or around me: “That completely shelters me all around, namely, under his wing:” Mudge: and compare Psa 138:8. Dr. Chandler observes, that the word gomeir rendered performeth, signifies to perfect and consummate, or to do every thing necessary for a person in his particular station and character. Thus in the Syriac version of the New Testament the word is used of Christ’s being made perfect by sufferings; Heb 12:2 and this rendering well suits the place before us. “It is God who effectually doth every thing concerning me: that is, which is necessary to my safety.”
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
These verses, read with an eye to Christ, and to all Christ’s seed in him, contain some of the sweetest and most encouraging thoughts imaginable. God the Father promised to carry Jesus through the whole of his vast undertaking: Mine hand shall hold him fast (said Jehovah) mine arm also shall strengthen him; Psa 89:21 , etc. Hence, not only here but elsewhere, the Redeemer is represented as casting himself upon his Father; I was cast upon thee, saith Christ, from the womb; thou art my God, even from my mother’s belly. Be not far from me, for trouble is near; Psa 22:10-11 . And God the Father is represented as acting in this blessed character: He shall cry, unto me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation; Psa 89:26 . Reader! never, I beseech you, lose sight of Christ and his people as one, in all this transaction. If we are Christ’s, saith an apostle, then are we Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. And then we may humbly adopt the same words in all our exercises; I will cry unto God, most high, who performeth all things for me.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth [all things] for me.
Ver. 2. I will cry unto God most high ] Who can easily overtop Saul, as high as he is, and all his complices; against whom I have this comfort, that in the thing wherein they deal proudly God is above them, Exo 18:11 .
Unto God that performeth all things for me
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
MOST HIGH. See note on Psa 56:2.
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.
performeth = bringeth to pass, and perfecteth, or completeth.
all things. Figure of speech Ellipsis (Absolute). Nothing particularized, that we may supply everything. To name one thing might seem to exclude all others. Compare Psa 138:8.
for me = on my behalf.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
God most: Psa 56:2, Psa 136:2, Psa 136:3, Isa 57:15
that: Psa 138:8, Isa 26:12, Phi 1:6, Phi 2:12, Heb 13:21
Reciprocal: Gen 14:18 – the most Act 16:17 – the most Heb 7:1 – the most
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 57:2. I will cry unto God For succour and relief; most high To whom there is none superior or equal; and unto whom, therefore, I will continually commend myself; unto God that performeth all things for me Hebrew, , gomer gnali, that perfecteth, or finisheth, as this word properly signifies; that is, will certainly perform or finish, for, or, toward, or, concerning me. He does not express what God performed or perfected, (the words all things not being in the Hebrew,) but leaves it to be understood by the reader. He performeth, or perfecteth, all that he hath promised; he engages himself to finish what he hath begun, or what is yet to be completed. His words imply, that God is not like men, who make large promises, but, either through inability, or carelessness, or unfaithfulness, do not perform them; but that he will certainly be as good as his word.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that {c} performeth [all things] for me.
(c) Who does not leave his works begun imperfectly.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
He said he would cry and God Most High would send help. "Most High" pictures God as exalted in His rule over all that He has created. In these verses, David pictured himself as an insignificant creature that a larger predator was about to step on.