Psalms 59:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. ”

Psalms 59:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them - That is, God will hear them, and will have all their efforts in derision, or will treat them with contempt. See Psalms 2:4 , note; Psalms 37:13 , note....
Psalms 59:8 - 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 59:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

laugh. Compare Psalms 2:4 .
Psalms 59:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. But thou, O Jehovah! shalt laugh at them. In the face of all this opposition, David only rises to greater confidence. When he says that God would laugh at his enemies, he employs a fig...
Psalms 59:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. Thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them - They have mocked us; God will turn them and their schemes into ridicule and con...
Psalms 59:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them - ( Psalms 2:4 .) Thou shalt have all the heathen in derision - (...
Psalms 59:8 - 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 59:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Laugh. — Comp. Psalms 2:4 , Note. Probably the same contrast is intended in these clauses as in Psalms 59:5 .
Psalms 59:8 - 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 59:8 - 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 59:8 - 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 59:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here was the grand resource of the Mediator: and here, he hath therefore taught, is to be the security of all his redeemed. Reader, it is blessed, yea, it is doubly blessed, so to do. Isaiah 26:3 .
Psalms 59:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But thou, O Lord, shall laugh at them ,.... Disappoint their counsels, hinder them from performing their enterprise; send them back with shame and confusion, and expose them to the laughter and deri...
Psalms 59:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. Ver. 8. But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them ] q.d. Thou not only hearest, but jeerest, at their madness, and...
Psalms 59:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them Shalt disappoint their high confidence and hopeful designs, and then deride them, and make them ridiculous and contemptible to others. Because of his strength...
Psalms 59:8 - 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 59:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Disappoint their high confidences and hopeful designs, and then deride them, and make them ridiculous and contemptible to others.
Psalms 59:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Expresses His Confidence That YHWH Will Protect Him ( Psalms 59:6-10 ). Describing his enemies as like a pack of stray dogs on the prowl (compare also Psalms 59:14 ) David is confident that...
Psalms 59:8 - 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 59:8 - 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 59:8 - 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 59:8 - 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 59:8 - 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 59:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:15 ; 1 Samuel 19:16 ; Matthew 18:17 ; Proverbs 1:26 ; Psalms 2:4 ; Psalms 37:13 ; Psalms 59:5

Psalms 59:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 59:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 59:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 59:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 59:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 59:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 59:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 59:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 59:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 59:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 59:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 59:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 59:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge