Psalms 59:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Psalms 59:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 al...
Psalms 59:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Psalms 59:5 - 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 59:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 t...
Psalms 59:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. O Lord God of hosts - This was a proper view to take of God...
Psalms 59:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors— Literally, the prevaricators of wickedness; i.e. such as are guilty of great treachery and perfidiousness.
Psalms 59:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 Isr...
Psalms 59:5 - 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 59:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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....
Psalms 59:5 - 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 59:5 - 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 59:5 - 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 59:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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:...
Psalms 59:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Psalms 59:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Isr...
Psalms 59:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Israeli...
Psalms 59:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Deliverance. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when Saul sent and they watched the house to...
Psalms 59:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 accou...
Psalms 59:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 anothe...
Psalms 59:5 - 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 59:5 - 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 59:5 - 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 59:5 - 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 59:5 - 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 59:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9:7 ; Exodus 20:5 ; Exodus 3:15 ; Ezekiel 18:27 ; Ezekiel 18:28 ; Genesis 33:20 ; Isaiah 1:10 ; Isaiah 27:11 ; James 2:13 ; Psalms 54:3 ; Psalms 55:15 ; Psalms 7:12 ; Psalms 7:13 ;...
Psalms 59:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 dispositi...

Psalms 59:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 59:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 59:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 59:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 59:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 59:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 59:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 59:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 59:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 59:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 59:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 59:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 59:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 59:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 59:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes