Bible Dictionary · M
Michtam
Writing; i.e., a poem or song found in the titles of Ps 16:1–11; 56-60. Some translate the word “golden”, i.e., precious. It is rendered in the LXX. by a word meaning “tablet inscription” or a “stelograph.” The root of the word means to stamp or grave, and hence it is regarded as denoting a composition so precious as to be worthy to be engraven on a durable tablet for preservation; or, as others render, “a psalm precious as stamped gold,” from the word kethem, “fine or stamped gold.”
Named in the Bible
6 verses
- Psalms 16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
- Psalms 56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
- Psalms 57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
- Psalms 58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
- Psalms 59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
- Psalms 60:1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
