57:3 Send forth - Will discover them, by affording his gracious help in pursuance of his promises.

57:4 Lions - Fierce and bloody men. I lie - I have my abode. On fire - From hell. Who are mere fire - brands, breathing out wrath and threatenings, and incensing Saul against me.

57:5 Excited - Glorify thy power, and goodness, and justice, and faithfulness, by my deliverance. Above, and c. - To the highest degree possible.

57:7 Fixed - In a stedfast belief of thy promises.

57:8 My glory - My tongue, the instrument of singing. Awake - I will employ all the powers of my soul and body.

57:9 The people - Among the Israelites, and among the Heathens, as I shall have occasion.