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JONATH ELEM RECHOKIM
        Title of Psalm 56. Hengstenberg translated "Concerning the dumb dove among strangers." The "dove" represents defenseless innocence. Instead of impatient self justification David in meek silence committed his cause to God (Psalm 38:13; compare as to his being like a "dove" far from home Psalm 55:6,7). He was sojourning among the "far off" Philistine "strangers," to whose king Achish at Gath he fled from Saul (1 Samuel 21:13,14). David's being "sore afraid" because of the Philistine question, "is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing ... David hath slain his ten thousands? answers to Psalm 56:3. Saul's "wresting his words" into treason is alluded to, Psalm 56:5; his vain attempt by iniquitous persecution to escape his foretold doom, Psalm 56:7. Meek, dumb trust, and prayer to God, were David's resource. In Psalm 34 David gives thanks for the deliverance here prayed for.
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Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'jonath elem rechokim' Fausset's Bible Dictionary".
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