{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/wesley/psa056.htm","path":"bib/cmt/wesley/psa056.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/wesley/psa056.htm","text":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]\n \nPsalms 56:4\n \npsa 56:4\nWill praise - I will praise the Lord for his word, for his promises of protection and deliverance, made to his people. Flesh - Infirm and mortal men, called flesh by way of contempt, as Psa 78:39; Isa 31:3. \nPsalms 56:6\n \npsa 56:6\nThey gather - After they have severally employed their thoughts against me, they meet together to compare them, and to put them in execution. Hide - They lurk secretly, that they may pry into my most private actions. Steps - That they may find some occasion to reproach me. Soul - Or, life, to take it away. \nPsalms 56:7\n \npsa 56:7\nEscape - Shall they secure themselves by injurious and malicious practices. The people - These who are mine enemies. \nPsalms 56:8\n \npsa 56:8\nWanderings - How I have been hunted from place to place. Put - Regard and pity them. Are they not - But why do I pray to God to do that which he hath already done? \nPsalms 56:12\n \npsa 56:12\nThy vows - I had made vows to express my gratitude, and resolve to perform them. \nPsalms 56:13\n \npsa 56:13\nWalk - That I may serve and glorify thee. The light - ln this life.","title":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: Psalms: Psalms Chapter 56","type":"page"}