Psalm 57:5
“Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 57Meaning
This refrain interrupts the threat narrative and recenters the psalm. The crisis remains unresolved, yet God’s exaltation becomes the larger frame through which the psalmist sees it.
God exalted above the heavens
The middle movement describes violent hostility, interrupts it with a refrain exalting God, and then imagines the attackers’ trap reversing upon them.
Read carefully
The refrain recenters the psalm while the danger remains explicitly present; worship and prudent action are not opposites.
Reflection
Re-center prayer on God’s character and glory without minimizing the concrete problem in front of you.