Изъяснение псалма 56-го.

Ps.56:1. To the head of the choir. Don't destroy it. Scripture of David when he ran away from Saul into the cave. “In the end, let him not corrupt David into the pillars, so that he may never run away from the face of Saul into the cave.” Having avoided the first and second danger, David, as if on a certain pillar, wrote God's blessing in his memory. The same and another psalm refer readers to the end, because both contain predictions about the future. The previous psalm foreshadowed what would happen to the people of God, and this one foreshadows the calling of the pagans. Attached to the inscription: “let us not corrupt”; and this reveals David’s thought to us. because, having the opportunity to kill Saul, he did not decide to destroy the enemy by murder and acquire royal power, as if saying to himself: “Let not the virtue of unforgetfulness be corrupted,” for he says: “Let me not lay my hand upon this, for this is the Christ of the Lord” (1 Sam. 24:7); then he rightly added to the inscription: “let him not corrupt,” showing by what thoughts he was driven by, he did not kill the one who was hostile to him. Ps.56:2. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for my soul trusts in You, and in the shadow of Your wings I will hide until the troubles pass. “Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusts in You, and I hope in the shadow of Your wing, until iniquity will pass away.” Being imprisoned in a cave and seeing his enemies imprisoned, the Prophet proclaims God's mercy and reveals what trust he has in God. Senia kril, as has been repeatedly explained, calls God's care, and asking for mercy twice indicates the excessiveness of the danger. The words: “until lawlessness passes away,” Aquila translated more clearly: “until the evildoing passes,” and Symmachus: “until the offender passes.” So, says the Prophet, I will not stop begging until I get rid of those who are malicious. For those who plot evil, because their work is lawless, the seventy called iniquity. Ps.57:3. I will call upon the Most High God, the God who benefits me. “I will cry to God on high, the God who has done good to me.” Having experienced God’s help as a mentor, I ask that using it becomes commonplace for me. The Prophet calls the zeal of the soul an appeal. Ps.56:4. He will send from heaven and save me; He will put to shame the one who seeks to devour me; God will send His mercy and His truth. Ps.56:5. My soul is among the lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, among the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword. “He sent a messenger from heaven and saved me, giving reproach to those who trampled me underfoot.” Having long since honored me with His providence, He made my enemies worthy of laughter. And history shows that when Saul stood up, David followed him, and from afar announced to him the benefit that he had shown him during the night, that is, having it in his hands, he did not strike him. This was a very great reproach for the one who was saved, who persecuted the one who saved him with war. “God sent His mercy and His truth.” “And deliver my soul from the midst of the Skimni.” Taking advantage of just philanthropy, I got rid, says the Prophet, from the brutal cruelty of my enemies, because like lions they attacked me, intending to tear me to pieces. He added truth to mercy, thereby demonstrating the justice of philanthropy. "Pospach is confused." Theodotion translated this as follows: “slept with the destroyers”; Akila: “with the devouring”; and Symmachus: “with those who burn.” Therefore, the Prophet was rightly embarrassed, surrounded by such people and forced to sleep among them. For he called Saul “destroyers”, “burners”, and “Skimen”, thereby expressing the brutality of his soul and his inclination to murder. This is revealed more clearly in the following words. “Sons of humanity, their teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue is a sharp sword.” Having called them skimni, by the way, he also mentioned teeth, likening them to spears and arrows, and the tongue to a sophisticated sword. And all this means their murderous plans. Ps.56:6. Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and let your glory be above all the earth! “Ascend into heaven, O God, and Thy glory be throughout all the earth.” Everywhere they must praise You, Who, although You appear to live in heaven, fills the whole earth with glory. Blessed Habakkuk also said this: “The heavens have covered His virtue, and the earth is filled with His praises” (Hab. 3:3). It is said: “Ascend” instead of: “Show all people Your height.” Ps.56:7. They have prepared a net for my feet; my soul is drooping; They dug a hole in front of me, and they themselves fell into it. “You have prepared a net for my feet, and a muddy mess for my soul: you have dug a pit in front of me, and fallen into it.” Having arranged intrigues for me and set up ambushes, says the Prophet, we ourselves were caught and entangled in our own networks. Ps.56:8. My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I ​​will sing and praise. “My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I ​​will sing and sing in my glory.” Symmachus translated this as follows: “my heart is steadfast.” For, seeing Your obvious providence, I am no longer afraid of all the enemy’s tricks, but I am ready and diligently disposed to follow Your words and sing of Your good deeds. Ps.56:9. Arise, my glory, arise, psalter and harp! I'll get up early. Ps.56:10. I will praise You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing praises to You among the nations. “Arise, my glory, arise, psaltery and harp.” Finally he commands himself to compose the Divine Song. He calls the prophetic gift his glory, and himself the psalter and harp, as having become an instrument of the Spirit. “Let us confess to You among the people, O Lord, I will sing to You among the nations.” Not only now will I bring you this hymn, says the Prophet, but when the true light shines, dispels the long night of ignorance and shows the morning of the awaited day, I will be a teacher of all languages ​​and peoples, and through their lips, as if on some strings, I will proclaim a song of gratitude. Ps.56:11. For Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and Thy truth unto the clouds. “For Thy mercy is magnified to the heavens, and even to the clouds is Thy truth.” For not only heaven and the Angels living on it knew Your mercy, but also through the clouds You revealed Your truth. Divine Scripture calls those who have been worthy of Divine grace clouds. This is what the God of all teaches us through the Prophet Isaiah. For, having said about Israel: “I will leave My grapes, and whoever is not pruned will dig in”, he added: “And I will command with a cloud that no rain can fall on it” (Is. 5:6). Just as a cloud from elsewhere receives that from which rain is made, so the Prophets and Apostles, through the action of God’s grace, brought spiritual irrigation to human souls. Ps.56:12. Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and let your glory be above all the earth! “Ascend into heaven, O God, and Thy glory be throughout all the earth.” After the truth was revealed by spiritual clouds, I mean the Prophets and Apostles, the Most High Lord of all, the Creator of heaven and earth, became manifest, receiving chants from people all over the earth and on the sea. You might be interested in: