Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 59:17
Unto thee, O my (o) strength, will I sing: for God [is] my defence, [and] the God of my mercy.
(o) Confessing himself to be void of all virtue and strength, he attributes the whole to God.
Unto thee, O my (o) strength, will I sing: for God [is] my defence, [and] the God of my mercy.
(o) Confessing himself to be void of all virtue and strength, he attributes the whole to God.
Verse Psalms 59:17. _UNTO THEE, O MY STRENGTH_] A similar sentiment to that expressed, Psalms 59:9. But the words are very emphatic: _God is my strength; God is my elevation. My God is my mercy_. I h...
UNTO THEE, O MY STRENGTH, WILL I SING - The source of strength to me; the real strength by which I have obtained deliverance is in thee. See the notes at Psalms 18:1. FOR GOD IS MY DEFENSE - See the...
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...
SING. sing praise. TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. UPON. relating to. SHUSHAN-EDUTH. It is "testimony" relating to the second Passover provided for in Numbers 9:5 and acted on in. Chronicles, ch...
Render, Yet as for me, I shall sing of thy strength; Yea, I shall sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning: For thou hast been a high tower for me, And a refuge In the day of my distress....
The Psalmist contrasts the baffled rage of his persecutors with his own calm trust in God....
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...
_AND AT EVENING LET THEM RETURN; AND LET THEM MAKE A NOISE LIKE A DOG, AND GO ROUND ABOUT THE CITY._ -Second part of the second division. David's anticipation of the enemy's doom, and of his own joyfu...
59:17 mercy. (b-19) Or 'my gracious ( _ chesed_ ) God.'...
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 59:18]_ עֻ֭זִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֲזַמֵּ֑רָה כִּֽי ־אֱלֹהִ֥ים...
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...
How delightfully the Psalm ends in this resolution of the soul. God's power, God's mercy, both come in for a part in the hymn of praise: indeed all the attributes of Jehovah, become so many subjects o...
REFLECTIONS SEE, my soul, how Jesus, in the days of his flesh, was exercised! Behold the Lamb of God worried by the dogs of slaughter, when the mighty gathered against him, and when, though not for hi...
17_My strength is with thee, I will sing psalms _He expresses still more explicitly the truth, that he owed his safety entirely to God. Formerly he had said that the strength of his enemy was with God...
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...
UNTO THEE, O MY STRENGTH, WILL I SING,.... That is, to God, whom he made his strength, and put his trust in for strength, and from whom he received it; and he therefore determined to sing praise to hi...
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God [is] my defence, [and] the God of my mercy. Ver. 17. _O my strength_] All David's strength was derivative; in himself he was weak as water....
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...
Unto Thee, O my Strength, by whose mighty power he had been delivered, WILL I SING, with music on the harp; FOR GOD IS MY DEFENSE, his Stronghold and Fortress, AND THE GOD OF MY MERCY, who furnished s...
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...
UNTO THEE, i.e. to thy honour; or rather, _of_ or _concerning thee_, as that particle is sometimes used....
Psalms 59:17 Strength H5797 sing H2167 (H8762) God H430 defense H4869 God H430 mercy H2617 O my -...
HIS WOULD BE ASSASSINS CAN WANDER UP AND DOWN LIKE STRAY DOGS ALL NIGHT IF THEY WISH, BUT HE WILL MEANWHILE SING OF THE TRIUMPH AND PROTECTION OF HIS GOD (PSALMS 59:14). David concludes the Psalm by t...
Psalms 59:9 , PSALMS 59:17 These two parallel verses are a kind of refrain coming in at the close of each division of the Psalm. The first stands at the end of a picture of the Psalmist's trouble and...
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...
_But I will sing of Thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning._ MEDITATION AND PRAISE I. The subject of the psalmist’s meditation. 1. He meditated upon the Divine mercy. All the...
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...
Psalms 18:1; Psalms 46:1; Psalms 59:10; Psalms 59:9...