Psalms 59:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Psalms 59:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Psalms 59:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
Psalms 59:13 - 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...
Psalms 59:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Selah. See note on Psalms 59:5 .
Psalms 59:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 59:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Psalms 59:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 59:13 - 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 . Th...
Psalms 59:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 so...
Psalms 59:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 59:1-17 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 af...
Psalms 59:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“God Is My High Tower” Psalms 59:1-17 This is the fifth of the Michtams, or “Golden Psalms.” Compare Psalms 16:1-11 ; Psalms 56:1-13 ; Psalms 57:1-11 ; Psalms 58:1-11 . The contents corre...
Psalms 59:13 - 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...
Psalms 59:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 59:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 sug...
Psalms 59:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 de...
Psalms 59:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Experimentall...
Psalms 59:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. 8 But thou, O L ORD , shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 9 Because...
Psalms 59:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 understoo...
Psalms 59:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Points Out To God That He Is A Victim Of Slander, Lies And Cursing And Asks Him To Deal With Them Accordingly ( Psalms 59:11-13 ). We should note that what David majors on is not the power o...
Psalms 59:13 - 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...
Psalms 59:13 - 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,...
Psalms 59:13 - 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 lea...
Psalms 59:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION LIKE Psalms 56:1-19 and Psalms 57:1-19 , this is a cry for deliverance out of great peril, with a final expression of confidence (verses 16, 17) that the deliverance will be gran...
Psalms 59:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 59:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:36 ; 1 Kings 18:37 ; 1 Samuel 17:46 ; 1 Samuel 17:47 ; 2 Kings 19:19 ; Daniel 4:25 ; Deuteronomy 2:14-16 ; Deuteronomy 7:22 ; Deuteronomy 7:23 ; Ezekiel 38:23 ; Ezekiel 39:7 ;...
Psalms 59:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Not be — In the land of the living any more.

Psalms 59:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 59:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 59:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 59:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 59:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 59:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 59:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 59:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 59:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 59:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 59:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 59:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 59:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 59:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 59:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes