Psalms 59:11

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Slay them not, lest my people forget - The meaning of this seems to be, Do not destroy them at once, lest, being removed out of the way, the peop...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Slay them (i) not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. (i) Altogether, but little by little, t...
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....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

LORD*. One of the 134 places where the Sopherim altered "Jehovah" to "Adonai". App-32.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11 Slay them not, lest my people forget David very properly suggests this to his own mind, as a consideration which should produce patience....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. Slay them not, lest my people forget - I bel...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Slay them not, &c.— Wilt thou not cut them off? Lest my people forget thee, cause them to shake by thy power, and bring them down to destructi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. Slay them not, lest my people forget...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Slay them not ] must be understood in the light of Psalms 59:13 . The prayer is that they may not be suddenly cut off, but may be allowed to perish...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Slay them not, lest my people forget... — The Spartans refused to allow the destruction of a neighbouring city, which had often called forth their...
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...
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 ; Psa...
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 part...
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 secur...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Slay thou not ,.... Though they deserved to be slain, and the Lord seemed as if he was about to slay them, who was able to do it; he seemed to be wh...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. Ver. 11. Slay them not, lest my people fo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Slay them not Hebrew, אל תהרגם, al tahargeem, Thou wilt not slay them , namely, suddenly, or at once; lest my people My countrymen, those over w...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. 8 But thou, O L ORD , shalt laugh at them; thou sh...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Slay them not, to wit, suddenly, or at once. My people; my countrymen; or those over whom thou hast appointed me to be governor in due time. Forg...
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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription.— “ To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Michtam of David .” See Introduction to P...
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...
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 descri...
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...
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," Mic...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Slay them not, lest my people forget, the lesson of their punishment being forgotten with their total removal; scatter them, leading them astray, d...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My people — Over whom thou hast appointed me to be governor in due time. Forget — Their former danger, and thy glorious mercy in delivering them. S...

¹¹ Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 59:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 59:11