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Psalms 59:5

PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 59:5 Nations (see v. Psalms 59:8) usually refers to Gentiles. The title, however, sets the psalm in a situation in which the enemies are Israelites. The psalm describes these Israelites who sought to kill David as acting like Gentiles (see note on 54:3).

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See also Psalms 59:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 59:5. _O LORD GOD OF HOSTS_] This was a proper view to take of God. when Israel, a _handful_ of poor distressed captives were surrounded and oppressed by the heathen chiefs above mentione...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THOU THEREFORE, O LORD GOD OF HOSTS - God of armies: commanding all the armies of heaven - the angels, and the stars and constellations drawn out in the form of armies; thou, thus endowed with all pow...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 59 Gentile Enmity Against Israel _ 1. Surrounded by nations (Psalms 59:1)_ 2. Their judgment anticipated (Psalms 59:9) Another Michtam of David when he was persecuted by Saul. While in prev...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LIX. The Ps. seems to be directed against Jewish and not foreign enemies. It might well be a prayer for the downfall of the aristocratic Sadducees. On the other hand in Psalms 59:5 and Psalms 59:8 the...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LORD GOD OF HOSTS. Jehovah Elohim Sabaoth. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. HEATHEN. nations. WICKED. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44. TRANSGRESSORS. hypocrites. Hebrew. _bagad._ SELAH. Connecting the wicked tran...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Psalmist prays for deliverance from the enemies who are bent on taking his life, pleading his innocence, and appealing to God to punish all injustice....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Yea, do Thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to visit all the nations: Be not gracious to any treacherous workers of iniquity. Thou is emphatic, and the address virtually means...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BE NOT MERCIFUL TO ANY WICKED TRANSGRESSORS— Literally, _the prevaricators of wickedness; i.e._ such as are guilty of great treachery and perfidiousness....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 59 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Beleaguered Psalmist Prays for Rescue and Avenging. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 59:1-5, In Praying for Rescue, the Psalmist Describes the Character and Conduct of his...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THOU THEREFORE, O LORD GOD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, AWAKE TO VISIT ALL THE HEATHEN: BE NOT MERCIFUL TO ANY WICKED TRANSGRESSORS. SELAH._ Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel. T...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; _set_ to Al-tashheth. _A Psalm_ of David: Michtam: when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.' For the first part of the title see on Psalms 57. The s...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD OF ISRAEL] specially invoked because His people are being assailed by the heathen. SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEREFORE ... — Better, _Yea, even Thou ..._ Not only is there an emphatic “thou,” but the passion of prayer cannot exhaust itself without piling up all the customary names of the Divine Being. GOD O...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 59:6]_ וְ אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָֽה ־אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ צְבָאֹ֡ות...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 59:1 THE superscription makes this the earliest of David's psalms, dating from the Sauline persecution. It has many points of connection with the others of that group, but its closest affinitie...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “GOD IS MY HIGH TOWER” Psalms 59:1 This is the fifth of the _Michtams,_ or “Golden Psalms.” Compare Psalms 16:1; Psalms 56:1; Psalms

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Again we have a song from the midst of peril. The singer is the object of determined, stealthy, and malignant opposition. It is divided into two parts, both ending with the same declaration, "God is m...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not (d) merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. (d) Seeing it belongs to God's judgments to punish the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Sorrow. Hebrew, "muddy," such as is given to slaves or malefactors, (Matthew xxvii. 34.) mixed with myrrh, or venom. Literally, "wine of trembling," (Calmet) or soporiferous. (St. Jerome) (Haydock) -...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    All these expressions, if considered as referring to Christ, carry a correspondence with his complaints in other scriptures. Bulls of Bashan, and dogs from the assembly, beset him around. Psalms 22:11...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 59 gives more the external enemies. The same wickedness is found there, but the might of human power with it. But they also must be judged, that wickedness may be set aside. Nor was it the sin...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THOU THEREFORE, O LORD GOD OF HOSTS,.... Of the armies in heaven, the angels, and of all the inhabitants of the earth; who are all under him, and at his dispose, and can do among them and with them wh...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. Ver. 5. _Awake to visit all the heathen_] These pagan Israe...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _O Lord, &c., the God of Israel_ In covenant with all true Israelites, whom thou promisest to protect and bless. _Awake to visit all the heathen_ Or, _these heathen_, who, though they are Israelites b...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the Commander of all the heavenly legions, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, of the congregation of all those who truly believe in Him, AWAKE TO VISIT ALL THE HEATHEN, the expres...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PRAYER OF AN INNOCENT PERSON AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK HIS SOUL. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, again according to the melody "Destroy not," Michtam, a poem in epigrammatic form, of David; when Sau...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 In these words we hear the voice of David when a prisoner in his own house; the voice of Christ when surrounded by his merciless enemies; the voice of the church when under bondage in the world;...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE GOD OF ISRAEL; a God in covenant with all true Israelites, whom thou hast promised to protect and bless. _The heathen_; or, _these heathens_, or _Gentiles_; who though they are called and accounte...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 59:5 LORD H3068 God H430 hosts H6635 God H430 Israel H3478 Awake H6974 (H8685) punish H6485 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HEADING (PSALMS 59:1 A). ‘For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.' Like the last two Psalms this is another Psa...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Complaint of the malice of enemies and comfort and confidence in God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those who are for Christ's sake, harmless and innocent may expect to be hated of w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 59:6. _They make a noise like a dog._ Mr. Jowett, in his christian researches, states, that many dogs in eastern towns have no owners; that they lie in the shade during the heat of the day, and...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    DELIVER ME FROM MINE ENEMIES, O MY GOD. REVELATIONS OF THE GOOD AND BAD IN HUMAN NATURE I. The enmity of man towards man. 1. From the description that David here gives of his enemies, we learn that...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription.—_“_To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_Michtam of David_.” See Introduction to Psalms 56. “_When Saul sent, and they watched the house...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LIKE Psalms 56:1 and Psalms 57:1, this is a cry for deliverance out of great peril, with a final expression of confidence (verses 16, 17) that the deliverance will be granted. From the psal...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 59:1-17 is another one of those "destroy not" prayers of David, when Saul sent and they watched the house to kill him. His wife, Michael, let him out of the window in a basket and David escaped. B...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 9:7; Exodus 20:5; Exodus 3:15; Ezekiel 18:27; Ezekiel 18:28;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The God — A God in covenant with all true Israelites, whom thou hast promised to protect and bless. The heathen — Or, these heathens, who though they are Israelites by birth; yet in their dispositions...

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