That they may not be. — Better, That they may be no more. These words are to be taken closely together. The signal overthrow of the poet’s foes is to be a proof to the ends of the world of the sovereign rule of the God of Jacob.
CONSUME THEM IN WRATH - Or, in thy justice. The idea in the word “consume” here is to finish; to complete; to bring to an end. It does not mean to “burn” them as our word might seem to imply, nor is t...
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...
SELAH. See note on Psalms 59:5....
His enemies will be punished: yet let them not be utterly destroyed forthwith, but kept awhile for a warning, till they perish through their own iniquity, an evidence of the sovereignty of God....
_Consume_them _in wrath, consume_them] For the emphatic repetition cp. Psalms 57:1; Psalms 57:7-8; and for the wrath of divine judgement cp. Psalms 56:7. _that they_may _not_be] Better as R.V., that t...
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...
_CONSUME THEM IN WRATH, CONSUME THEM, THAT THEY MAY NOT BE: AND LET THEM KNOW THAT GOD RULETH IN JACOB UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. SELAH._ Consume them in wrath. Such was Saul's fate, and such that o...
LET THEM KNOW, etc.] Read, 'Let them know unto the ends of the earth that God ruleth in Jacob.' Zeal for God's glory is the one motive of the Psalmist's prayer, however vindictive some of his requests...
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...
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...
_[Psalms 59:14]_ כַּלֵּ֥ה בְ חֵמָה֮ כַּלֵּ֪ה וְֽ...
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...
(l) Consume [them] in wrath, consume [them], that they [may] not [be]: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. (l) When your time will come, and when they have s...
The perilous state of the wicked, and the safety of the righteous, is finely contrasted in the view of the ruin of the one, and the everlasting security of the other. But let not the Reader overlook t...
13_Consume, consume them in wrath, that they may not be _David may seem to contradict himself in praying for the utter destruction of his enemies, when immediately before he had expressed his desire t...
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...
CONSUME [THEM] IN WRATH, CONSUME [THEM],.... The repetition of the request shows the ardour and vehemency of the mind of the petitioner, and the importunity in which he put up the petition; and sugges...
Consume [them] in wrath, consume [them], that they [may] not [be]: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. Ver. 13. _Consume them in wrath, &c._] But by degrees,...
Psa. 59:13. "Consume them," etc. The title of the Psalm shows that the occasion of David's penning this Psalm was Saul's persecuting of him. Here seems, therefore, to be an imprecation of God's wrath...
_Consume them in wrath_ By degrees, and after thou hast made them to wander about, Psalms 59:11. _That they may not be_ Namely, any more in the land of the living; _and let them know_ Experimentally,...
Consume them in wrath, after a protracted miserable existence; CONSUME THEM, THAT THEY MAY NOT BE, AND LET THEM KNOW; find out conclusively, THAT GOD RULETH IN JACOB UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, exerci...
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...
8-17 It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defence, in whom we shall be safe. It is very comfortable to us, in prayer, to look to God as the Go...
CONSUME THEM by degrees, and after thou hast made them to wander about, PSALMS 59:11. THAT THEY MAY NOT BE, to wit, in the land of the living, any more; as this phrase is frequently understood, whereo...
Psalms 59:13 Consume H3615 (H8761) wrath H2534 consume H3615 (H8761) know H3045 (H8799) God H430 rules...
DAVID POINTS OUT TO GOD THAT HE IS A VICTIM OF SLANDER, LIES AND CURSING AND ASKS HIM TO DEAL WITH THEM ACCORDINGLY (PSALMS 59:11). We should note that what David majors on is not the power of a great...
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 59:11 The basic request is that God will bring judgment on these people in such a way that all people, both in Israel (MY PEOPLE, v. Psalms 59:11
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...
1 Kings 18:36; 1 Kings 18:37; 1 Samuel 17:46; 1 Samuel 17:47;...
Not be — In the land of the living any more....