“Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.”
The petition that God would be exalted above the heavens and over all the earth articulates the prayer that God's sovereignty be manifest and acknowledged, that the divine rule be visibly demonstrated. The emphasis on God's elevation above the heavens and the earth suggests that the psalmist desires the manifestation of God's transcendence and universal rule. The connection between this petition for divine exaltation and the preceding prayer for protection indicates that the psalmist trusts that the visible exaltation of God will coincide with the protection of those faithful to God. This verse suggests that vindication of the righteous is inseparable from the manifestation of God's supremacy.
Church Fathers on Psalms 57:5
1. We have heard in the Gospel just now, brethren, how loves us our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God with the Father, Man with us, out of our own selves, now at the right hand of the Father; you have heard how much He loves us.... 2. Because then this Psalm is singing of the Passion of the Lord, see what is the title that it has: “at the end.” The end is Christ. Romans 10:4 Why has He been called end? Not as one that consumes, but one that consummates. 3. “At the end,…
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