Study it in the app“For the director. On The Silent Dove of the Distant Ones. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Show me favor, Elohim, for a mortal tramples me; all the day fighting, he oppresses me.”
For the director.לַמְנַצֵּחַOn The Silent Doveעַל יוֹנַת אֵלֶםof the Distant Ones.רְחֹקִיםOf David.לְדָוִדA Miktam,מִכְתָּםwhenבֶּthe Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםseizedאֱחֹזhimאֹתוֹin Gath.בְּגַתShow me favor,חָנֵּנִיElohim,אֱלֹהִיםforכִּיa mortalאֱנוֹשׁtramples me;שְׁאָפַנִיallכָּלthe dayהַיּוֹםfighting,לֹחֵםhe oppresses me.יִלְחָצֵנִי
direct
To take charge of directing a work or the singing and music of the psalms.
Where else “menatseach” appearsdove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yonat” appearssilence
Silence, muteness. It appears in the title of Psalm 56 ("the silent dove") and in Psalm 58:1, where its sense is disputed.
Where else “elem” appearsfar
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rechokim” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsmiktam
Miktam: a word in the title of Psalms 16 and 56–60. It names a kind of psalm; its exact sense is not known (perhaps "inscription").
Where else “michtam” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “felishtim” appearsseize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “echoz” appearsGath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appearsshow favor
To treat someone with undeserved kindness.
Where else “chane” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsman, mortal
Man, mortal: the human being seen in his weakness; also people in general.
Where else “enosh” appearstrample
To crush underfoot, harass the weak.
Where else “sheafa” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “lochem” appearsoppress
To mistreat the weak or the foreigner.
Where else “yilchatse” appears“The Silent Dove of the Distant Ones”: probably the name of the tune. “Miktam”: a Hebrew word of uncertain sense (see Psalm 16:1). The account is in 1 Samuel 21:10-15.
Gath ?
Today: possibly Tell es-Safi (Tel Zafit), Israel
A Philistine city at the edge of the coastal plain; its exact site is not certain.
Goliath was from Gath (1 Sam 17:4). David fled from Saul to Gath and pretended to be insane (1 Sam 21:10-13).
1 · This verse (above)
2Those who lie in wait for me trample me all the day, for many fight against me with haughtiness.
