Psalms 59:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. ”

Psalms 59:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 -...
Psalms 59:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
Psalms 59:17 - 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 59:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 9:5-14 and acted on in....
Psalms 59:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 59:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. Unto thee, O my strength - A similar sentiment to that expressed, Psalms 59:9 . But the words are very emph...
Psalms 59:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 59:17 - 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 59:17 - 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 59:17 - 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 59:17 - 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 59:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 59:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Psalms 59:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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.
Psalms 59:17 - 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 59:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Unto thee, i.e. to thy honour; or rather, of or concerning thee , as that particle is sometimes used.
Psalms 59:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 59:14-17 ). David concludes the P...
Psalms 59:17 - 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 59:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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 trou...
Psalms 59:17 - 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 59:17 - 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 59:17 - 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 59:17 - 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 59:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 18:1 ; Psalms 46:1 ; Psalms 59:10 ; Psalms 59:9

Psalms 59:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 59:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 59:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 59:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 59:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 59:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 59:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 59:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 59:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 59:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 59:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 59:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 59:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 59:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge