Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Psalms 59:5
Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors— Literally, the prevaricators of wickedness; i.e. such as are guilty of great treachery and perfidiousness.
Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors— Literally, the prevaricators of wickedness; i.e. such as are guilty of great treachery and perfidiousness.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
_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...
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...
GOD OF ISRAEL] specially invoked because His people are being assailed by the heathen. SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4....
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...
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...
_[Psalms 59:6]_ וְ אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָֽה ־אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ צְבָאֹ֡ות...
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...
“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
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...
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...
_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) -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
Psalms 59:5 LORD H3068 God H430 hosts H6635 God H430 Israel H3478 Awake H6974 (H8685) punish H6485 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 59:1. This is an individual lament, seeking God’s protection from enemies who threaten the faithful person’s life. The title connects the psalm to...
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 psal
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...
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...
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...
Amos 9:7; Exodus 20:5; Exodus 3:15; Ezekiel 18:27; Ezekiel 18:28;...
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...